Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released September 1, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights June 2026 contained 30 days. July 2026 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 528 million bushels in July 2026. Total corn consumption was up 2 percent from June 2026 and up 4 percent from July 2025. July 2026 usage included 92.3 percent for alcohol and 7.7 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 4.29 million bushels, up 12 percent from June 2026 and up 54 percent from July 2025. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 475 million bushels, was up 2 percent from June 2026 and up 4 percent from July 2025. Corn consumed in July 2026 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 92.6 percent and 7.4 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.85 million tons during July 2026, up 2 percent from June 2026 but down 1 percent from July 2025. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.29 million tons in July 2026, down less than 1 percent from June 2026 but up 9 percent from July 2025. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 250,692 tons during July 2026, down 3 percent from June 2026 and down 2 percent from July 2025. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 210,120 tons in July 2026, up 8 percent from June 2026 and up 10 percent from July 2025. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: July 2026 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : July 2025 : June 2026 : July 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 2,778 3,832 4,285 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 457,588 464,111 474,741 Dry mill ...............................................: 420,655 429,405 439,586 Wet mill ...............................................: 36,933 34,706 35,155 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 8,173 8,610 8,332 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 39,227 40,437 40,577 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: July 2026 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : July 2025 : June 2026 : July 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 123,979 130,293 120,797 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 209,664 212,805 221,731 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 383,050 381,034 393,639 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,865,908 1,819,647 1,853,111 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,186,858 1,295,497 1,292,387 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 393,453 361,161 356,357 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 57,890 53,129 50,571 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 255,752 257,464 250,692 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 106,153 101,730 103,391 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 191,347 193,976 210,120 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 258,140 261,483 284,535 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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