Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released October 1, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights July 2026 contained 31 days. August 2026 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 528 million bushels in August 2026. Total corn consumption was down less than 1 percent from July 2026 but up 4 percent from August 2025. August 2026 usage included 92.6 percent for alcohol and 7.4 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 3.31 million bushels, down 11 percent from July 2026 and down 3 percent from August 2025. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 478 million bushels, was up less than 1 percent from July 2026 and up 4 percent from August 2025. Corn consumed in August 2026 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 1.85 million tons during August 2026, down less than 1 percent from July 2026 and down 2 percent from August 2025. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.28 million tons in August 2026, down 1 percent from July 2026 but up 5 percent from August 2025. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 278,611 tons during August 2026, up 11 percent from July 2026 and up 11 percent from August 2025. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 180,096 tons in August 2026, down 14 percent from July 2026 but up 2 percent from August 2025. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: August 2026 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : August 2025 : July 2026 : August 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 3,407 3,704 3,309 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 459,373 476,146 477,732 Dry mill ...............................................: 423,310 440,991 440,666 Wet mill ...............................................: 36,063 35,155 37,066 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 7,714 8,557 8,046 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 36,636 40,577 39,017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: August 2026 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : August 2025 : July 2026 : August 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 121,200 120,964 120,765 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 197,431 222,100 221,754 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 401,483 393,639 412,722 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,873,585 1,849,717 1,845,438 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,211,796 1,293,382 1,278,164 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 406,314 359,152 406,854 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 57,506 50,571 57,915 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 251,036 250,692 278,611 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 98,197 103,391 98,844 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 175,862 210,120 180,096 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 268,024 284,535 292,163 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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