Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released May 1, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights February 2020 contained 29 days. March 2020 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 467 million bushels in March 2020. Total corn consumption was down 3 percent from February 2020 and down 6 percent from March 2019. March 2020 usage included 90.8 percent for alcohol and 9.2 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 4.05 million bushels, up 55 percent from February 2020 and up 17 percent from March 2019. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 412 million bushels, was down 5 percent from February 2020 and down 7 percent from March 2019. Corn consumed in March 2020 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 90.2 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.66 million tons during March 2020, down 9 percent from February 2020 and down 11 percent from March 2019. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.22 million tons in March 2020, down slightly from February 2020 and down 9 percent from March 2019. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 291,861 tons during March 2020, up 4 percent from February 2020 but down 4 percent from March 2019. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 245,209 tons in March 2020, up 4 percent from February 2020 and up 9 percent from March 2019. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: March 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : March 2019 : February 2020 : March 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 3,455 2,617 4,045 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 441,960 432,749 411,774 Dry mill ...............................................: 402,843 389,345 371,540 Wet mill ...............................................: 39,117 43,404 40,234 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 7,133 6,809 7,751 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 42,605 38,197 43,008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: March 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : March 2019 : February 2020 : March 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 5,167 5,857 4,640 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: March 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : March 2019 : February 2020 : March 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 115,583 99,142 99,381 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 149,168 148,501 148,396 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 386,413 328,113 317,411 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,866,807 1,813,609 1,655,247 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,337,382 1,218,655 1,218,394 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 362,412 469,444 477,519 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 61,001 63,305 69,960 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 304,047 281,160 291,861 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 88,890 88,021 92,269 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 224,850 235,941 245,209 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 242,832 211,775 218,593 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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