Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released October 1, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights July 2024 contained 31 days. August 2024 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 525 million bushels in August 2024. Total corn consumption was down 2 percent from July 2024 but up 7 percent from August 2023. August 2024 usage included 91.9 percent for alcohol and 8.1 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 3.91 million bushels, down 16 percent from July 2024 and down 21 percent from August 2023. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 473 million bushels, was down 2 percent from July 2024 but up 7 percent from August 2023. Corn consumed in August 2024 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 91.8 percent and 8.2 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 2.00 million tons during August 2024, down slightly from July 2024 but up 10 percent from August 2023. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.23 million tons in August 2024, up less than 1 percent from July 2024 but down 6 percent from August 2023. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 291,428 tons during August 2024, down 1 percent from July 2024 but up 13 percent from August 2023. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 191,305 tons in August 2024, down 9 percent from July 2024 and down 8 percent from August 2023. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: August 2024 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : August 2023 : July 2024 : August 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 4,956 4,636 3,913 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 441,696 483,870 472,697 Dry mill ...............................................: 405,910 446,788 434,027 Wet mill ...............................................: 35,786 37,082 38,670 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 4,828 6,426 6,347 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 37,527 42,897 42,346 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: August 2024 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : August 2023 : July 2024 : August 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 118,801 90,835 97,561 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 183,162 204,818 196,556 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 400,511 392,863 390,794 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,808,403 1,999,536 1,997,750 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,298,780 1,222,543 1,227,027 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 396,043 396,354 377,207 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 50,251 64,601 61,668 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 257,948 293,887 291,428 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 127,748 118,626 116,255 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 207,397 210,013 191,305 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 233,525 234,156 271,130 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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