United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2021 Summary March 2022 2021 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2021 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2021. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2021 was 5.28 billion bushels, up 7 percent from 2020. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2021 totaled 43.8 million bushels, up 3 percent from 2020. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.15 billion bushels in 2021, up 8 percent from 2020. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 22.2 million tons during 2021, up 10 percent from 2020. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 13.9 million tons in 2021, up 12 percent from 2020. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 4.14 million tons in 2021, up 9 percent from 2020. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.37 million tons during 2021, down 2 percent from 2020. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 2.47 million tons, down 5 percent from 2020. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.70 million tons in 2021, up 18 percent from 2020. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 3,291 2,755 3,721 3,658 3,852 3,708 3,642 Fuel alcohol ............................: 417,027 332,926 420,374 407,524 448,001 439,529 450,321 Dry mill ..............................: 375,757 302,663 384,842 371,265 410,696 402,866 411,026 Wet mill ..............................: 41,270 30,263 35,532 36,259 37,305 36,663 39,295 Industrial alcohol ......................: 7,331 6,684 7,445 6,516 7,011 6,244 6,065 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 39,282 34,022 42,159 43,517 44,492 41,881 43,370 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ............................: (D) (D) - (D) 115 356 323 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 79,610 92,525 90,530 86,074 95,299 102,483 88,506 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 148,527 117,903 156,903 149,431 168,904 171,344 176,712 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 342,557 262,261 368,075 342,870 380,620 370,694 341,136 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,753,401 1,406,427 1,803,494 1,768,002 1,942,762 1,925,037 1,970,139 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,042,660 885,932 1,114,039 1,078,944 1,084,238 1,114,200 1,122,403 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 415,857 377,688 391,913 373,090 344,779 411,900 399,669 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 53,242 44,416 50,088 63,568 64,607 56,403 63,732 Corn gluten feed ........................: 282,163 217,605 266,308 291,558 299,123 287,839 304,527 Corn gluten meal ........................: 116,178 97,680 113,365 113,905 114,135 112,189 103,107 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 214,623 169,005 206,831 202,491 208,575 207,751 209,836 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .................: 193,297 182,552 237,819 225,169 229,471 227,969 233,402 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2021 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 2,372 3,413 3,837 4,790 4,740 43,779 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 416,836 407,131 467,952 466,867 477,878 5,152,366 Dry mill ....................................: 385,658 371,207 427,001 429,207 439,172 4,711,360 Wet mill ....................................: 31,178 35,924 40,951 37,660 38,706 441,006 Industrial alcohol ............................: 7,291 7,014 6,092 6,362 8,072 82,127 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 43,719 39,171 41,748 40,792 40,651 494,804 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2021 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ..................................: 295 269 693 (D) (D) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2021 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 76,361 85,920 95,239 87,051 94,168 1,073,766 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 168,224 155,918 183,804 187,291 194,497 1,979,458 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 295,254 293,344 383,939 379,071 383,196 4,143,017 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 1,827,378 1,761,034 1,948,812 1,997,444 2,073,188 22,177,118 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,170,789 1,187,941 1,299,324 1,328,995 1,422,171 13,851,636 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 395,054 423,404 396,748 515,758 546,625 4,992,485 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 54,576 57,868 65,635 61,842 63,314 699,291 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 274,358 280,232 300,634 278,434 285,387 3,368,168 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 106,050 106,657 108,083 110,303 107,003 1,308,655 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 205,634 208,335 212,455 211,260 214,346 2,471,142 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .......................: 229,244 234,343 236,582 219,586 251,666 2,701,101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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