United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470- 9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2024 Summary September 2025 2024 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2024 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2024. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2024 was 5.65 billion bushels, up 4 percent from 2023. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2024 totaled 47.4 million bushels, down 25 percent from 2023. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.52 billion bushels in 2024, up 4 percent from 2023. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 22.5 million tons during 2024, up 7 percent from 2023. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 14.7 million tons in 2024, down 6 percent from 2023. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 4.54 million tons in 2024, down 2 percent from 2023. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.16 million tons during 2024, up less than 1 percent from 2023. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 2.43 million tons, up 1 percent from 2023. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.75 million tons in 2024, up 8 percent from 2023. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 3,999 4,535 4,300 4,157 3,747 4,032 4,636 Fuel alcohol ............................: 443,372 447,052 474,588 422,944 456,705 448,345 483,870 Dry mill ..............................: 410,260 413,445 438,100 390,194 421,409 412,069 446,788 Wet mill ..............................: 33,112 33,607 36,488 32,750 35,296 36,276 37,082 Industrial alcohol ......................: 5,228 7,413 8,421 6,145 6,709 6,862 6,426 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 34,404 38,865 40,072 38,812 43,825 41,480 42,897 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 93,349 78,910 84,820 88,403 95,712 106,473 90,835 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 170,549 174,864 186,341 178,529 192,240 186,820 204,818 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 366,738 371,639 394,388 376,770 379,570 353,837 392,863 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,763,387 1,835,525 1,931,965 1,756,396 2,002,984 1,801,769 1,999,536 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,302,556 1,168,553 1,220,365 1,248,017 1,213,142 1,115,747 1,222,543 Modified distillers wet grains (MDWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 474,498 434,674 459,800 447,377 419,450 379,426 396,354 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 53,813 58,546 53,606 48,562 57,308 60,015 64,601 Corn gluten feed ........................: 225,691 254,386 270,230 238,119 270,292 272,101 293,887 Corn gluten meal ........................: 104,117 112,564 116,910 109,375 119,711 113,544 118,626 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 200,086 207,421 214,038 199,182 209,016 197,847 210,013 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured 1/ ..............: 200,947 206,229 211,809 203,164 233,102 218,488 234,156 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2024 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 3,913 3,513 3,494 3,876 3,184 47,386 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 479,548 447,259 463,593 471,710 479,455 5,518,441 Dry mill ....................................: 440,878 409,928 428,519 432,600 441,419 5,085,609 Wet mill ....................................: 38,670 37,331 35,074 39,110 38,036 432,832 Industrial alcohol ............................: 6,347 7,121 6,765 6,776 7,026 81,239 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 42,346 39,612 39,291 38,243 37,457 477,304 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2024 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 97,561 95,091 112,013 116,335 120,144 1,179,646 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 196,556 184,442 198,165 201,882 203,643 2,278,849 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 390,794 365,238 390,721 381,785 376,226 4,540,569 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 1,997,750 1,795,303 1,869,619 1,836,244 1,875,944 22,466,422 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,227,027 1,153,116 1,312,975 1,251,252 1,290,734 14,726,027 Modified distillers wet grains (MDWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 377,207 372,632 429,103 432,980 481,524 5,105,025 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 61,668 63,789 65,840 58,717 62,069 708,534 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 291,428 273,303 251,577 258,388 256,980 3,156,382 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 116,255 111,744 104,520 107,598 103,485 1,338,449 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 191,305 174,070 205,988 219,853 201,311 2,430,130 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured 1/ ....................: 271,130 245,884 263,744 219,971 238,231 2,746,855 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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