United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2015 Summary March 2016 2015 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2015 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2015. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses for 2015 was 5.84 billion bushels. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2015 totaled 33.9 million bushels. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.22 billion bushels in 2015. May 2015 was peak month for total corn consumed. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 22.3 million tons during 2015. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 16 million tons in 2015. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 5.12 million tons in 2015. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.90 million tons during 2015. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 3.63 million tons. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.50 million tons in 2015. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 2,087 2,698 2,455 3,298 3,234 2,492 2,645 Fuel alcohol ............................: 443,890 394,083 437,828 407,719 448,984 441,272 448,400 Dry mill ..............................: 396,007 353,763 391,736 365,028 401,263 395,704 401,423 Wet mill ..............................: 47,883 40,320 46,092 42,691 47,721 45,568 46,977 Industrial alcohol ......................: 6,326 6,522 6,671 6,555 5,701 6,857 6,207 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 43,389 37,584 44,348 44,908 47,625 42,851 44,139 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ............................: (D) - (D) (D) (D) - (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 162,127 128,271 163,796 140,171 148,757 146,523 150,631 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 103,780 95,268 106,270 101,614 117,049 119,146 124,428 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 438,936 405,025 438,728 411,664 418,448 407,259 450,829 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,831,393 1,622,467 1,781,563 1,663,380 1,861,795 1,950,214 1,975,199 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,480,431 1,268,244 1,399,125 1,327,808 1,368,926 1,280,651 1,274,543 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 476,760 418,698 494,835 387,155 414,956 364,385 347,652 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 71,492 48,546 57,439 61,922 69,274 63,188 68,528 Corn gluten feed ........................: 321,768 283,990 331,547 313,889 348,355 321,209 333,828 Corn gluten meal ........................: 90,617 80,855 93,078 89,356 97,139 92,237 97,130 Corn oil ................................: 41,961 41,020 42,684 42,998 53,208 51,281 53,364 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 313,400 274,763 308,444 314,047 323,436 304,024 316,790 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .................: 193,460 173,878 198,922 209,505 203,119 214,995 222,712 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2015 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 3,129 3,478 2,599 2,970 2,807 33,892 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 445,718 425,916 440,383 433,903 451,306 5,219,402 Dry mill ....................................: 398,222 382,208 395,298 387,777 401,242 4,669,671 Wet mill ....................................: 47,496 43,708 45,085 46,126 50,064 549,731 Industrial alcohol ............................: 6,336 5,673 6,687 5,576 6,479 75,590 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 42,510 41,906 42,386 40,935 41,724 514,305 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2015 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ..................................: (D) (D) 4,687 5,615 7,616 20,068 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2015 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 155,539 154,104 143,025 124,855 134,196 1,751,995 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 120,756 116,155 126,813 129,786 130,652 1,391,717 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 452,969 420,458 438,027 413,019 423,632 5,118,994 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 1,928,716 1,875,100 1,921,440 1,903,313 1,941,708 22,256,288 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,284,329 1,289,753 1,355,693 1,261,784 1,398,280 15,989,567 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 339,316 366,770 383,457 422,361 442,448 4,858,793 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 66,563 56,106 62,784 67,645 69,669 763,156 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 343,476 312,543 326,055 322,741 340,460 3,899,861 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 96,072 86,522 83,213 84,505 88,921 1,079,645 Corn oil ......................................: 52,514 42,605 48,676 53,597 57,578 581,486 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 290,652 286,615 296,954 289,171 307,874 3,626,170 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .......................: 224,982 210,337 229,379 203,996 211,352 2,496,634 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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