Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released February 22, 2019, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights November 2018 contained 30 days. December 2018 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 511 million bushels in December 2018. Total corn consumption was up 2 percent from November 2018 but down 5 percent from December 2017. December 2018 usage included 92.0 percent for alcohol and 8.0 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 2.55 million bushels, down 13 percent from November 2018 but up 13 percent from December 2017. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 461 million bushels, was up 1 percent from November 2018 but down 6 percent from December 2017. Corn consumed in December 2018 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 90.5 percent and 9.5 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.93 million tons during December 2018, down slightly from November 2018 and down 2 percent from December 2017. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.40 million tons in December 2018, up 6 percent from November 2018 but down 2 percent from December 2017. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 290,178 tons during December 2018, up 2 percent from November 2018 but down 9 percent from December 2017. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 256,146 tons in December 2018, down slightly from November 2018 and down 17 percent from December 2017. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: December 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : December 2017 : November 2018 : December 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 2,249 2,941 2,547 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 487,713 454,533 460,512 Dry mill ...............................................: 439,929 413,191 416,897 Wet mill ...............................................: 47,784 41,342 43,615 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,844 5,782 7,135 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 41,253 40,248 40,865 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: December 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : December 2017 : November 2018 : December 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 2,295 5,314 3,045 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: December 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : December 2017 : November 2018 : December 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 124,098 128,805 133,380 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 174,078 154,778 153,439 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 442,427 376,137 358,422 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,967,745 1,930,259 1,927,761 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,431,323 1,314,662 1,397,288 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 511,763 472,972 466,681 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 71,732 54,967 60,677 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 318,694 285,362 290,178 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 91,092 85,510 88,638 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 309,765 257,003 256,146 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 209,638 222,757 227,931 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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