United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2016 Summary March 2017 2016 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2016 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2016. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2016 was 5.39 billion bushels, up 1 percent from 2015. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2016 totaled 34.1 million bushels, up 1 percent from 2015. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.29 billion bushels in 2016, up 1 percent from 2015. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 23.2 million tons during 2016, up 4 percent from 2015. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 15.3 million tons in 2016, down 5 percent from 2015. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 4.86 million tons in 2016, down 5 percent from 2015. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.95 million tons during 2016, up 1 percent from 2015. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 3.67 million tons, down 1 percent from 2015. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.53 million tons in 2016, up 1 percent from 2015. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 3,141 2,462 2,712 2,689 2,846 2,600 2,609 Fuel alcohol ............................: 444,036 420,937 438,381 400,731 425,684 427,558 456,422 Dry mill ..............................: 397,028 377,530 390,918 358,391 379,474 382,797 408,504 Wet mill ..............................: 47,008 43,407 47,463 42,340 46,210 44,761 47,918 Industrial alcohol ......................: 5,505 6,301 6,126 6,173 5,923 4,913 5,772 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 41,331 40,558 44,136 43,587 44,555 43,026 44,564 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ............................: 6,939 8,719 10,156 7,499 6,301 5,978 5,980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 135,339 122,291 137,541 130,324 131,318 132,798 140,639 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 125,826 123,806 128,948 114,127 125,311 130,964 144,020 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 383,131 367,436 384,739 374,750 411,467 392,438 404,758 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,905,165 1,795,472 1,919,507 1,717,024 1,845,238 1,893,816 2,047,520 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,313,632 1,249,676 1,320,322 1,264,745 1,234,315 1,220,639 1,228,286 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 454,248 401,370 456,256 429,972 425,343 360,904 359,613 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 63,787 65,123 68,140 67,530 63,859 58,121 65,032 Corn gluten feed ........................: 321,956 312,012 342,668 306,464 332,975 331,812 339,700 Corn gluten meal ........................: 87,266 83,643 91,945 84,916 88,177 84,034 89,125 Corn oil ................................: 45,976 46,490 51,415 51,455 50,262 48,531 57,325 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 291,882 277,434 290,565 301,283 306,424 312,497 331,949 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .................: 202,150 193,590 204,371 199,101 203,264 228,221 230,934 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2016 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 3,132 2,793 3,184 3,361 2,595 34,124 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 458,357 435,220 455,819 452,039 473,997 5,289,181 Dry mill ....................................: 411,406 388,472 407,491 407,858 424,893 4,734,762 Wet mill ....................................: 46,951 46,748 48,328 44,181 49,104 554,419 Industrial alcohol ............................: 5,810 6,135 6,247 6,489 6,108 71,502 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 43,670 41,035 42,568 (D) 43,272 (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2016 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ..................................: 4,366 2,530 4,519 4,914 5,422 73,323 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2016 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 143,040 146,764 145,853 126,968 138,747 1,631,622 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 142,000 134,269 141,775 147,336 143,942 1,602,324 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 428,748 398,124 448,355 423,892 442,824 4,860,662 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 2,072,699 1,964,214 1,927,282 1,995,252 2,095,550 23,178,739 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,230,155 1,194,344 1,288,256 1,281,029 1,428,635 15,254,034 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 353,754 375,641 376,028 389,038 434,498 4,816,665 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 65,783 54,996 58,988 63,635 63,600 758,594 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 336,916 326,211 342,589 309,305 349,226 3,951,834 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 87,793 86,725 86,227 84,092 89,092 1,043,035 Corn oil ......................................: 53,970 50,524 47,860 49,393 58,248 611,449 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 309,077 303,504 300,808 326,550 317,759 3,669,732 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .......................: 224,408 213,022 213,115 213,244 201,315 2,526,734 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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