Grain Crushings
Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production
ISSN: 2377-3855
Released May 1, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS),
Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
Highlights
February 2024 contained 29 days.
March 2024 contained 31 days.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 522 million bushels in
March 2024. Total corn consumption was up 5 percent from February 2024 and up
7 percent from March 2023. March 2024 usage included 92.3 percent for alcohol
and 7.7 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol
totaled 4.30 million bushels, down 5 percent from February 2024 and down
25 percent from March 2023. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 469 million bushels,
was up 5 percent from February 2024 and up 7 percent from March 2023. Corn
consumed in March 2024 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel
production was 92.2 percent and 7.8 percent, respectively.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles
(DDGS) was 1.93 million tons during March 2024, up 7 percent from February
2024 and up 13 percent from March 2023. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65
percent or more moisture was 1.22 million tons in March 2024, up 4 percent
from February 2024 but down 6 percent from March 2023.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 270,230 tons during March 2024, up
6 percent from February 2024 but down 8 percent from March 2023. Wet corn
gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 214,038 tons in March 2024, up
3 percent from February 2024 and up 14 percent from March 2023.
Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: March 2024 with Comparisons
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Purpose : March 2023 : February 2024 : March 2024
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: 1,000 bushels
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Consumed for alcohol production :
Beverage alcohol .........................................: 5,707 4,535 4,300
Fuel alcohol .............................................: 436,136 445,484 468,750
Dry mill ...............................................: 399,123 411,877 432,262
Wet mill ...............................................: 37,013 33,607 36,488
Industrial alcohol .......................................: 5,966 7,413 8,421
Consumed for other purposes :
Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 40,557 38,865 40,072
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Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: March 2024 with Comparisons
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Co-products and products : March 2023 : February 2024 : March 2024
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: tons
:
Dry mill :
Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 81,415 78,910 84,812
Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 177,019 174,864 186,501
Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 387,438 371,639 394,388
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,705,371 1,809,197 1,931,965
Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,298,734 1,172,818 1,223,187
Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 505,762 456,737 459,800
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Wet mill :
Corn germ meal ...........................................: 48,872 58,546 53,606
Corn gluten feed .........................................: 292,483 254,386 270,230
Corn gluten meal .........................................: 117,550 112,564 116,910
Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 187,120 207,421 214,038
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Dry and wet mill :
Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 213,846 206,229 211,809
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Statistical Methodology
Survey Procedures: Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production is part of the
Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program. CAIR reports are
administered under NASS's Census of Agriculture program. Response to CAIR
surveys are required by law (Title 7, U.S. Code). Data are collected from all
known mills that produce ethanol.
The census universe was determined during operation profile interviews which
were completed for each potential facility to identify the presence of
ethanol production in 2014. During the operation profile, facilities that met
the survey criteria were asked for the nameplate production capacity. The
operation profile also documented the manner in which the firm will report. A
firm headquarters can report for all milling locations or each location can
report separately.
In the Dry Mill Producers and Wet Mill Producers survey questionnaires, mills
are asked for previous calendar month data on feedstocks consumed, products
and co-products produced. Mills are mailed questionnaires with the options of
completing the survey by mail or by Electronic Data Reporting (EDR). For
surveys not received in a reasonable amount of time, telephone follow-up is
conducted.
Estimating Procedures: Imputation is done for operations with non-response by
using historical data and current data relationships. Data for reporting
firms are added to estimates for non-reporting firms to obtain National
totals.
Revision Policy: Data are revised the following month based on late reports
or corrected data. Final figures are published in the annual summary of the
following year.
Reliability: Approximately 130 reports are received each month which
represent about 90 percent of total capacity. Monthly data can vary due to
different firms reporting month to month. Survey data are also subject to
non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in
processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are
minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and
reasonableness.
Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to
nass@usda.gov
Nick Streff, Acting Chief, Crops Branch............................................... (202) 720-2127
Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section............................................. (202) 720-2127
Irwin Anolik - Crop Progress and Condition....................................... (202) 720-7621
Joshua Bates - Hemp, Oats, Soybeans.............................................. (202) 690-3234
Natasha Bruton - Barley, Cotton System Consumption, and Stocks, Grain Crushings.. (202) 690-1042
David Colwell - Fats and Oils, Flour Milling Products............................ (202) 720-8800
Michelle Harder -County Estimates, Hay........................................... (202) 690-8533
James Johanson - Rye, Wheat...................................................... (202) 720-8068
Greg Lemmons - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet...................................... (202) 720-9526
Becky Sommer - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum................................. (202) 720-5944
Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds....................................... (202) 720-7369
Chris Hawthorn - Peanuts, Rice................................................... (202) 720-2127
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