Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released May 1, 2025, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights February 2025 contained 28 days. March 2025 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 504 million bushels in March 2025. Total corn consumption was up 8 percent from February 2025 but down 4 percent from March 2024. March 2025 usage included 92.2 percent for alcohol and 7.8 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 4.21 million bushels, up 39 percent from February 2025 but down 2 percent from March 2024. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 454 million bushels, was up 8 percent from February 2025 but down 4 percent from March 2024. Corn consumed in March 2025 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 91.6 percent and 8.4 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.81 million tons during March 2025, up 7 percent from February 2025 but down 7 percent from March 2024. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.23 million tons in March 2025, up 11 percent from February 2025 and up less than 1 percent from March 2024. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 260,584 tons during March 2025, up 14 percent from February 2025 but down 4 percent from March 2024. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 197,117 tons in March 2025, up 12 percent from February 2025 but down 8 percent from March 2024. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: March 2025 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : March 2024 : February 2025 : March 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 4,300 3,036 4,208 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 472,076 421,738 454,197 Dry mill ...............................................: 435,588 387,540 416,185 Wet mill ...............................................: 36,488 34,198 38,012 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 8,421 6,092 6,662 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 40,072 34,517 39,138 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: March 2025 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : March 2024 : February 2025 : March 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 84,812 101,079 112,630 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 186,501 173,128 188,254 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 394,388 344,525 382,594 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,931,965 1,694,175 1,805,691 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,223,187 1,106,014 1,229,199 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 459,800 450,916 497,503 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 53,606 52,729 57,577 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 270,230 229,265 260,584 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 116,910 98,853 109,931 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 214,038 176,276 197,117 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 211,809 217,754 241,425 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov. Anthony Prillaman, Acting Chief, Crops Branch........................................... (202) 720-2127 Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section............................................... (202) 720-2127 Irwin Anolik - Crop Progress and Condition, Flaxseed, Mustardseed.................. (202) 720-7621 Joshua Bates - Hemp, Oats, Soybeans................................................ (202) 690-3234 Natasha Bruton - Barley, Cotton System Consumption and Stocks, Grain Crushings, Fats and Oils, Flour Milling Products......................................... (202) 690-1042 Michelle Harder - Hay, Peanuts..................................................... (202) 690-8533 James Johanson - Rye, Wheat........................................................ 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