Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released February 1, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights November 2023 contained 30 days. December 2023 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 529 million bushels in December 2023. Total corn consumption was up 4 percent from November 2023 and up 11 percent from December 2022. December 2023 usage included 93.0 percent for alcohol and 7.0 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 3.80 million bushels, down 29 percent from November 2023 and down 15 percent from December 2022. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 482 million bushels, was up 5 percent from November 2023 and up 13 percent from December 2022. Corn consumed in December 2023 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 91.9 percent and 8.1 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.95 million tons during December 2023, up 9 percent from November 2023 and up 16 percent from December 2022. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.41 million tons in December 2023, up 3 percent from November 2023 and up 3 percent from December 2022. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 245,983 tons during December 2023, up 1 percent from November 2023 but down 3 percent from December 2022. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 209,818 tons in December 2023, up 4 percent from November 2023 and up 11 percent from December 2022. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: December 2023 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : December 2022 : November 2023 : December 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 4,448 5,351 3,795 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 425,788 457,285 481,699 Dry mill ...............................................: 391,819 421,502 442,599 Wet mill ...............................................: 33,969 35,783 39,100 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 5,988 6,116 6,464 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 38,299 38,331 37,002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: December 2023 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : December 2022 : November 2023 : December 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 96,964 122,984 95,804 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 174,416 188,008 184,244 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 317,504 399,555 388,932 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,679,600 1,796,675 1,950,562 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,363,421 1,367,046 1,406,136 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 576,406 453,944 482,524 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 48,546 61,690 56,349 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 252,788 242,462 245,983 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 99,585 110,684 113,012 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 188,584 202,534 209,818 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 213,799 198,060 205,725 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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