United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2020 Summary March 2021 2020 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2020 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2020. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2020 was 4.92 billion bushels, down 10 percent from 2019. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2020 totaled 42.4 million bushels, up 3 percent from 2019. Corn for fuel alcohol was 4.78 billion bushels in 2020, down 10 percent from 2019. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 20.2 million tons during 2020, down 11 percent from 2019. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 12.4 million tons in 2020, down 21 percent from 2019. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 3.79 million tons in 2020, down 12 percent from 2019. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.45 million tons during 2020, down 1 percent from 2019. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 2.60 million tons, down 12 percent from 2019. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.28 million tons in 2020, down 21 percent from 2019. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 2,699 2,617 4,045 4,137 3,992 3,649 3,247 Fuel alcohol ............................: 469,463 433,962 411,812 244,983 301,174 379,246 424,251 Dry mill ..............................: 424,075 391,617 372,864 214,267 257,634 338,741 380,794 Wet mill ..............................: 45,388 42,345 38,948 30,716 43,540 40,505 43,457 Industrial alcohol ......................: 6,776 6,809 7,751 11,753 12,281 9,515 9,010 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 40,462 38,197 43,008 38,088 37,618 39,715 40,689 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ............................: 4,967 5,857 4,640 2,716 2,047 1,286 926 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 121,740 102,244 99,381 78,229 80,971 84,914 86,911 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 151,877 149,000 149,066 89,174 105,231 136,613 150,668 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 358,478 328,113 317,411 173,465 205,750 268,201 335,521 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,950,153 1,817,583 1,655,147 1,013,914 1,239,579 1,664,131 1,865,131 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,411,812 1,277,774 1,273,180 712,857 739,106 875,894 917,181 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 476,126 469,444 478,416 274,285 242,365 309,981 375,041 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 68,154 63,305 69,960 51,929 64,200 65,113 65,831 Corn gluten feed ........................: 308,081 281,160 291,861 231,145 291,064 294,074 305,196 Corn gluten meal ........................: 93,097 88,021 92,269 76,897 91,013 90,257 93,578 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 234,181 217,691 220,423 184,876 211,741 221,935 234,407 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .................: 216,915 211,775 218,593 162,926 149,453 184,413 190,869 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2020 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 3,201 3,862 3,301 3,952 3,716 42,418 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 411,109 402,407 434,167 431,661 431,731 4,775,966 Dry mill ....................................: 372,657 363,353 391,203 390,774 388,228 4,286,207 Wet mill ....................................: 38,452 39,054 42,964 40,887 43,503 489,759 Industrial alcohol ............................: 8,904 6,405 7,053 5,911 6,331 98,499 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 38,750 38,753 38,286 39,121 37,948 470,635 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2020 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ..................................: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) 24,386 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2020 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 85,241 83,741 87,708 73,803 74,497 1,059,380 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 146,652 141,614 161,937 166,596 160,259 1,708,687 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 342,654 341,156 377,960 372,899 364,532 3,786,140 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 1,806,571 1,746,328 1,823,621 1,794,035 1,787,124 20,163,317 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 955,718 986,698 1,039,661 1,106,887 1,094,599 12,391,367 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 373,733 386,470 409,030 421,779 435,648 4,652,318 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 53,576 50,401 43,242 53,825 47,715 697,251 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 260,453 284,409 293,793 295,358 309,298 3,445,892 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 86,406 85,348 108,844 108,624 113,754 1,128,108 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 252,006 224,860 213,798 200,831 185,187 2,601,936 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .......................: 194,504 185,898 197,743 185,219 185,563 2,283,871 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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