Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released February 19, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 510.1 million bushels in December 2014. Total corn consumption was up 5 percent from November 2014 and up 7 percent from October 2014. December usage included 91.2 percent for alcohol and 8.8 percent for other purposes. Corn for beverage alcohol totaled 2.36 million bushels, down 21 percent from November and down 44 percent from October. Corn for fuel alcohol at 456.0 million bushels was up 5 percent from November and up 7 percent from October. Corn consumed for fuel production included dry milling (89.2 percent) and wet milling (10.8 percent). Corn used for purposes other than fuel production totaled 44.9 million bushels, up 7 percent from November and up 14 percent from October. Sorghum consumption for fuel alcohol was 889 thousand hundredweight during December 2014. Total sorghum consumption was down 57 percent from the November and down 53 percent from October 2014. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.9 million tons during December 2014, up 8 percent from November 2014 and up 3 percent from October 2014. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.4 million tons in December 2014, up 4 percent from November 2014 and up 6 percent from October 2014. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 329.4 thousand tons during December 2014, up 12 percent from November 2014 and up 3 percent from October 2014. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 338.1 thousand tons in December 2014, up 7 percent from November 2014 and up 5 percent from October 2014. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: October - December, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : October 2014 : November 2014 : December 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 4,200 2,975 2,364 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 427,347 433,939 455,956 Dry mill ...............................................: 381,881 388,410 406,684 Wet mill ...............................................: 45,466 45,529 49,272 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 5,664 6,293 6,953 Total ....................................................: 437,211 443,207 465,273 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 39,384 41,855 44,866 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: October - December, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : October 2014 : November 2014 : December 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 1,900 2,070 889 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: October - December, 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : October 2014 : November 2014 : December 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 149,960 132,236 172,082 Corn oil .................................................: 107,516 107,190 97,380 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 420,226 419,028 448,551 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,856,472 1,770,904 1,919,823 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,333,264 1,354,729 1,411,411 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 413,040 472,819 503,258 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 78,674 66,384 75,031 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 320,692 295,030 329,431 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 92,665 89,593 94,777 Corn oil .................................................: 47,405 40,980 44,551 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 320,919 317,273 338,077 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 240,056 205,305 217,311 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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). 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