United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470- 9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2023 Summary September 2024 2023 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2023 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2023. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2023 was 5.43 billion bushels, up 2 percent from 2022. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2023 totaled 62.8 million bushels, up 26 percent from 2022. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.30 billion bushels in 2023, up 2 percent from 2022. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 21.0 million tons during 2023, down 3 percent from 2022. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 15.7 million tons in 2023, down 3 percent from 2022. Distillers dried grain (DWG) was 4.66 million tons in 2023, up 14 percent from 2022. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.15 million tons during 2023, down less than 1 percent from 2022. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 2.40 million tons, down 2 percent from 2022. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxie captured was 2.54 million tons in 2023, down 8 percent from 2022. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 6,082 3,362 5,707 6,355 5,149 5,406 4,877 Fuel alcohol ............................: 441,567 398,245 436,255 413,519 439,011 441,906 455,241 Dry mill ..............................: 404,497 364,244 399,242 380,282 406,454 408,117 418,367 Wet mill ..............................: 37,070 34,001 37,013 33,237 32,557 33,789 36,874 Industrial alcohol ......................: 5,582 4,970 5,966 5,892 7,520 6,263 4,753 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 38,839 35,844 40,557 39,530 41,550 39,391 40,202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 100,116 77,506 81,415 88,609 101,166 117,041 110,547 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 172,399 160,215 177,019 167,162 184,993 184,370 187,808 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 374,753 338,869 387,438 364,967 419,698 398,295 410,231 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,714,389 1,560,717 1,705,371 1,619,677 1,702,061 1,787,735 1,784,282 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,263,206 1,156,102 1,298,734 1,299,150 1,316,103 1,302,283 1,310,740 Modified distillers wet grains (MDWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 582,926 466,269 505,762 470,528 455,581 414,953 430,169 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 48,319 44,421 48,872 46,599 50,169 45,709 48,269 Corn gluten feed ........................: 268,446 247,817 292,483 269,495 264,606 270,060 277,997 Corn gluten meal ........................: 117,945 108,496 117,550 109,135 114,453 110,430 119,450 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 208,090 185,051 187,120 194,485 193,092 179,905 224,484 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured 1/ ..............: 213,294 195,862 213,846 198,722 218,999 225,597 207,926 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2023 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 4,956 5,381 6,421 5,351 3,795 62,842 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 441,696 428,419 462,347 457,162 484,226 5,299,594 Dry mill ....................................: 405,910 394,150 425,311 421,379 445,126 4,873,079 Wet mill ....................................: 35,786 34,269 37,036 35,783 39,100 426,515 Industrial alcohol ............................: 4,828 4,255 4,750 6,116 6,361 67,256 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 37,527 38,353 38,329 38,331 37,002 465,455 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2023 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 118,801 104,989 114,333 122,984 95,804 1,233,311 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 183,162 174,346 189,026 188,008 184,244 2,152,752 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 400,511 370,584 402,622 399,555 388,932 4,656,455 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 1,808,403 1,723,588 1,850,921 1,796,675 1,949,450 21,003,269 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,298,780 1,308,617 1,375,237 1,367,046 1,398,380 15,694,378 Modified distillers wet grains (MDWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 396,043 390,670 425,030 453,944 482,524 5,474,399 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 50,251 54,432 53,397 61,690 56,349 608,477 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 257,948 246,782 265,908 242,462 245,983 3,149,987 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 127,748 107,988 116,953 110,684 113,012 1,373,844 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 207,397 196,264 212,424 202,534 209,818 2,400,664 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured 1/ ....................: 233,525 203,013 223,201 198,060 205,725 2,537,770 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Total may not add due to rounding. 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. 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