Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production
Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production

ISSN: 2377-3855

Released August 3, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of 
Agriculture (USDA).

Highlights

May 2020 contained 31 days.
June 2020 contained 30 days.

Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 431 million bushels in 
June 2020. Total corn consumption was up 22 percent from May 2020 but down 
15 percent from June 2019. June 2020 usage included 90.8 percent for alcohol 
and 9.2 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol 
totaled 3.65 million bushels, down 9 percent from May 2020 but up 6 percent 
from June 2019. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 379 million bushels, was up 
26 percent from May 2020 but down 17 percent from June 2019. Corn consumed in 
June 2020 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 
89.0 percent and 11.0 percent, respectively.

Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles 
(DDGS) was 1.66 million tons during June 2020, up 35 percent from May 2020 
but down 15 percent from June 2019. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or 
more moisture was 1 million tons in June 2020, up 18 percent from May 2020 
but down 36 percent from June 2019.

Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 294,074 tons during June 2020, up 
1 percent from May 2020 and up 3 percent from June 2019. Wet corn gluten feed 
40 to 60 percent moisture was 244,097 tons in June 2020, up 9 percent from 
May 2020 but down 3 percent from June 2019.

Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: June 2020 with Comparisons
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                           Purpose                          :   June 2019   :   May 2020    :   June 2020   
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                                                            :                 1,000 bushels                 
                                                            :                                               
Consumed for alcohol production                             :                                               
  Beverage alcohol .........................................:      3,439           3,992           3,649    
  Fuel alcohol .............................................:    456,431         299,934         378,900    
    Dry mill ...............................................:    415,763         255,617         337,349    
    Wet mill ...............................................:     40,668          44,317          41,551    
  Industrial alcohol .......................................:      5,926          12,281           9,084    
Consumed for other purposes                                 :                                               
  Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................:     43,557          37,618          39,715    
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Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: June 2020 with Comparisons
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                           Purpose                          :   June 2019   :   May 2020    :   June 2020   
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                                                            :                   1,000 cwt                   
                                                            :                                               
Consumed for alcohol production                             :                                               
  Fuel alcohol .............................................:     4,918           2,047           1,286     
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Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: June 2020 with Comparisons
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                  Co-products and products                  :   June 2019   :   May 2020    :   June 2020   
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                                                            :                     tons                      
                                                            :                                               
Dry mill                                                    :                                               
  Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............:      97,365          81,971          86,233   
  Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................:     164,366         104,898         135,676   
  Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................:     369,394         205,750         268,201   
  Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............:   1,959,560       1,233,608       1,664,454   
  Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........:   1,294,222         696,152         824,313   
  Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .:     391,650         242,264         309,981   
                                                            :                                               
Wet mill                                                    :                                               
  Corn germ meal ...........................................:      66,291          64,200          65,113   
  Corn gluten feed .........................................:     286,101         291,064         294,074   
  Corn gluten meal .........................................:      92,107          91,013          90,257   
  Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................:     250,826         224,695         244,097   
                                                            :                                               
Dry and wet mill                                            :                                               
  Carbon dioxide captured ..................................:     260,283         149,453         184,413   
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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

Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch.............................. (202) 720-2127

Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section..................... (202) 720-2127
     Irwin Anolik - Crop Weather.............................. (202) 720-7621
     Joshua Bates - Oats, Soybeans............................ (202) 690-3234
     David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.. (202) 720-8800
     Chris Hawthorn - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum........ (202) 720-2127
     James Johanson - Barley, County Estimates, Hay........... (202) 690-8533
     Greg Lemmons - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet.............. (202) 720-9526
     Jean Porter - Rye, Wheat................................. (202) 720-8068
     John Stephens - Peanuts, Rice............................ (202) 720-7688
     Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds............... (202) 720-7369

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