United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470- 9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2025 Summary September 2026 2025 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2025 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2025. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2025 was 5.56 billion bushels, down 2 percent from 2024. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2025 totaled 39.6 million bushels, down 17 percent from 2024. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.43 billion bushels in 2025, down 2 percent from 2024. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 21.6 million tons during 2025, down 4 percent from 2024. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 14.8 million tons in 2025, up less than 1 percent from 2024. Distillers dried grain (DWG) was 4.51 million tons in 2025, down 1 percent from 2024. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.05 million tons during 2025, down 3 percent from 2024. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 2.26 million tons, down 7 percent from 2024. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.96 million tons in 2025, up 8 percent from 2024. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 2,847 3,036 4,208 2,683 3,800 3,057 2,778 Fuel alcohol ............................: 467,708 421,738 453,731 423,248 444,529 447,374 457,588 Dry mill ..............................: 428,774 387,540 415,719 387,086 408,499 411,523 420,655 Wet mill ..............................: 38,934 34,198 38,012 36,162 36,030 35,851 36,933 Industrial alcohol ......................: 6,456 6,092 6,662 7,851 7,796 7,905 8,173 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 36,745 34,517 39,138 39,310 40,438 39,225 39,227 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 121,213 101,079 112,630 111,885 123,543 107,201 123,979 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 191,648 173,128 188,359 176,439 193,785 202,137 209,664 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 359,299 344,525 382,594 366,031 370,515 363,604 383,050 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,850,778 1,694,175 1,805,691 1,629,599 1,776,391 1,876,286 1,865,908 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,264,389 1,106,014 1,228,829 1,260,566 1,226,348 1,206,253 1,186,858 Modified distillers wet grains (MDWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 481,080 450,916 497,503 456,525 442,278 381,861 393,453 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 60,250 52,729 57,577 56,424 54,160 56,142 57,890 Corn gluten feed ........................: 253,838 229,265 260,584 242,134 264,725 249,867 255,752 Corn gluten meal ........................: 104,688 98,853 109,931 105,539 110,597 105,998 106,153 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 204,250 176,276 197,117 198,188 200,541 187,424 191,347 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured 1/ ..............: 247,417 217,754 241,425 242,477 260,129 250,897 258,140 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2025 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 3,407 3,639 3,511 3,447 3,153 39,566 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 459,373 435,601 474,949 464,305 482,417 5,432,561 Dry mill ....................................: 423,310 397,884 439,460 426,791 443,433 4,990,674 Wet mill ....................................: 36,063 37,717 35,489 37,514 38,984 441,887 Industrial alcohol ............................: 7,714 6,490 7,558 6,989 7,429 87,115 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 36,636 36,342 35,864 36,276 35,984 449,702 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2025 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 121,200 110,359 111,528 111,910 117,691 1,374,218 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 197,431 171,938 213,681 199,755 201,184 2,319,149 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 401,483 366,687 390,774 384,904 399,281 4,512,747 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 1,873,585 1,706,310 1,901,807 1,718,012 1,936,999 21,635,541 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,211,796 1,212,599 1,255,148 1,272,303 1,332,822 14,763,925 Modified distillers wet grains (MDWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 406,314 381,891 450,295 486,397 559,398 5,387,911 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 57,506 50,461 58,194 58,737 57,531 677,601 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 251,036 274,599 251,650 251,463 265,310 3,050,223 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 98,197 101,176 103,810 101,753 101,814 1,248,509 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 175,862 164,266 189,128 186,284 188,185 2,258,868 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured 1/ ....................: 268,024 256,605 254,508 226,918 238,670 2,962,964 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Total may not add due to rounding. 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. 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(202) 720-2127 Darin Jantzi, Section Chief........................................................................ ............................................................................. ............................................................................. ................................................. (701) 412-5953 Crops: Apricots, Bell Peppers, Broccoli, Canola, Cauliflower, Chile Peppers, Cucumbers, Hemp, Macadamias, Mustard Seed, Nectarines, Peaches, Plums, Pumpkins, Prunes, Rapeseed, Rye, Safflower, Soybeans, Squash, Sunflower Jeff Lemmons, Section Chief........................................................................ ............................................................................. ............................................................................. ................................................. 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