Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released August 1, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights May 2024 contained 31 days. June 2024 contained 30 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 495 million bushels in June 2024. Total corn consumption was down 3 percent from May 2024 but up less than 1 percent from June 2023. June 2024 usage included 91.6 percent for alcohol and 8.4 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 4.03 million bushels, up 8 percent from May 2024 but down 25 percent from June 2023. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 442 million bushels, was down 3 percent from May 2024 but up slightly from June 2023. Corn consumed in June 2024 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 91.8 percent and 8.2 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.79 million tons during June 2024, down 10 percent from May 2024 but up less than 1 percent from June 2023. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.12 million tons in June 2024, down 8 percent from May 2024 and down 14 percent from June 2023. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 272,101 tons during June 2024, up 1 percent from May 2024 and up 1 percent from June 2023. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 197,847 tons in June 2024, down 5 percent from May 2024 but up 10 percent from June 2023. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: June 2024 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : June 2023 : May 2024 : June 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 5,406 3,747 4,032 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 442,072 455,399 442,346 Dry mill ...............................................: 408,283 420,103 406,070 Wet mill ...............................................: 33,789 35,296 36,276 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,263 6,709 6,862 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 39,391 43,825 41,480 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: June 2024 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : June 2023 : May 2024 : June 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 117,041 95,712 106,473 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 184,370 192,240 186,820 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 390,664 379,570 353,837 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,787,735 2,002,984 1,793,655 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,302,283 1,213,142 1,115,747 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 414,953 419,450 379,426 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 45,709 57,308 60,015 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 270,060 270,292 272,101 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 110,430 119,711 113,544 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 179,905 209,016 197,847 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 225,597 233,102 218,488 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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