Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released July 1, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights April 2020 contained 30 days. May 2020 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 354 million bushels in May 2020. Total corn consumption was up 18 percent from April 2020 but down 31 percent from May 2019. May 2020 usage included 89.4 percent for alcohol and 10.6 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 3.99 million bushels, down 4 percent from April 2020 but up 20 percent from May 2019. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 300 million bushels, was up 22 percent from April 2020 but down 35 percent from May 2019. Corn consumed in May 2020 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 85.2 percent and 14.8 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.23 million tons during May 2020, up 22 percent from April 2020 but down 37 percent from May 2019. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 696,152 tons in May 2020, down slightly from April 2020 and down 49 percent from May 2019. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 291,064 tons during May 2020, up 26 percent from April 2020 but down 2 percent from May 2019. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 224,695 tons in May 2020, up 19 percent from April 2020 but down 17 percent from May 2019. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: May 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : May 2019 : April 2020 : May 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 3,327 4,137 3,992 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 459,485 244,983 299,934 Dry mill ...............................................: 418,280 213,905 255,617 Wet mill ...............................................: 41,205 31,078 44,317 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 5,924 11,753 12,281 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 46,668 38,088 37,618 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: May 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : May 2019 : April 2020 : May 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 5,176 2,716 2,047 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: May 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : May 2019 : April 2020 : May 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 115,995 78,629 81,971 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 157,623 89,132 104,898 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 401,171 173,465 205,750 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,942,792 1,013,914 1,233,608 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,363,679 696,475 696,152 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 456,572 274,285 242,264 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 68,852 51,929 64,200 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 298,347 231,145 291,064 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 93,185 76,897 91,013 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 269,967 188,258 224,695 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 235,559 162,926 149,453 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch................................................ (202) 720-2127 Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section (202) 720-2127 Irwin Anolik - Crop Weather (202) 720-7621 Joshua Bates - Oats, Soybeans (202) 690-3234 David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (202) 720-8800 Chris Hawthorn - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum (202) 720-2127 James Johanson - Barley, County Estimates, Hay (202) 690-8533 Greg Lemmons - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet (202) 720-9526 Jean Porter - Rye, Wheat (202) 720-8068 John Stephens - Peanuts, Rice.............................................. (202) 720-7688 Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds................................. 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