United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2019 Summary March 2020 2019 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2019 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2019. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2019 was 5.45 billion bushels, down 4 percent from 2018. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2019 totaled 41.1 million bushels, up 16 percent from 2018. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.33 billion bushels in 2019, down 4 percent from 2018. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 22.6 million tons during 2019, down 5 percent from 2018. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 15.7 million tons in 2019, down 3 percent from 2018. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 4.30 million tons in 2019, down 7 percent from 2018. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.47 million tons during 2019, down 4 percent from 2018. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 2.95 million tons, down 5 percent from 2018. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.90 million tons in 2019, up 4 percent from 2018. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 2,869 2,740 3,455 3,692 3,327 3,439 5,111 Fuel alcohol ............................: 444,016 402,894 441,960 440,477 459,485 456,431 450,782 Dry mill ..............................: 405,454 367,273 402,843 399,729 418,280 415,763 407,328 Wet mill ..............................: 38,562 35,621 39,117 40,748 41,205 40,668 43,454 Industrial alcohol ......................: 6,787 6,157 7,133 6,260 5,924 5,926 7,458 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 38,948 37,285 42,605 42,730 46,668 43,557 44,229 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ............................: 4,883 5,054 5,167 4,418 5,176 4,918 5,438 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 118,145 109,504 115,583 127,703 115,995 97,365 108,366 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 148,896 132,627 149,168 150,114 157,623 164,366 165,477 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 369,647 336,464 386,413 376,775 401,171 369,394 379,689 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,822,623 1,691,758 1,866,807 1,858,305 1,942,792 1,959,560 1,985,820 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,357,504 1,213,815 1,337,382 1,351,347 1,363,679 1,294,222 1,197,747 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 469,787 427,761 362,412 364,589 456,572 391,650 378,821 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 61,166 56,218 61,001 69,703 68,852 66,291 72,397 Corn gluten feed ........................: 263,218 250,857 304,047 296,681 298,347 286,101 300,572 Corn gluten meal ........................: 84,214 77,454 88,890 91,364 93,185 92,107 93,494 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 253,103 224,333 224,850 253,959 269,967 250,826 252,084 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .................: 262,241 221,058 242,832 223,667 235,559 260,283 254,014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2019 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 3,341 3,300 3,195 3,406 3,239 41,114 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 454,633 405,685 439,116 456,660 479,214 5,331,353 Dry mill ....................................: 410,749 365,513 396,666 413,477 431,514 4,834,589 Wet mill ....................................: 43,884 40,172 42,450 43,183 47,700 496,764 Industrial alcohol ............................: 5,929 5,327 6,324 6,198 6,804 76,227 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 43,906 39,683 39,577 40,433 40,958 500,579 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2019 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ..................................: 6,115 5,127 4,054 4,044 5,341 59,735 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2019 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 95,690 102,911 93,867 99,399 101,158 1,285,686 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 163,646 142,861 150,112 159,852 165,210 1,849,952 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 336,043 286,849 348,762 316,390 388,156 4,295,753 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 2,014,491 1,788,730 1,871,852 1,880,488 1,908,251 22,591,477 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,282,770 1,217,873 1,296,708 1,348,281 1,403,875 15,665,203 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 409,285 398,844 447,475 458,120 493,170 5,058,486 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 61,915 64,059 51,988 63,073 68,957 765,620 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 306,375 289,797 293,890 272,089 306,318 3,468,292 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 90,513 86,423 87,589 90,102 93,644 1,068,979 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 261,243 208,645 233,348 262,089 257,381 2,951,828 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .......................: 266,355 253,981 241,014 222,636 220,510 2,904,150 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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