Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released February 1, 2016, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights December 2014 contained 31 days. November 2015 contained 30 days. December 2015 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 495.5 million bushels in December 2015. Total corn consumption was up 2 percent from November 2015 but down 3 percent from December 2014. December 2015 usage included 91.6 percent for alcohol and 8.4 percent for other purposes. Corn for beverage alcohol totaled 2.81 million bushels, down 5 percent from November 2015 but up 19 percent from December 2014. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 444.5 million bushels, was up 2 percent from November 2015 but down 3 percent from December 2014. Corn consumed in December 2015 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 88.7 percent and 11.3 percent respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.97 million tons during December 2015, up 2 percent from November 2015 and up 3 percent from December 2014. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.27 million tons in December 2015, up 12 percent from November 2015 but down 10 percent from December 2014. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 340.5 thousand tons during December 2015, up 5 percent from November 2015 and up 3 percent from December 2014. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 307.9 thousand tons in December 2015, up 6 percent from November 2015 but down 9 percent from December 2014. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: December 2015 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : December 2014 : November 2015 : December 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 2,364 2,970 2,807 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 455,956 435,033 444,524 Dry mill ...............................................: 406,684 388,907 394,460 Wet mill ...............................................: 49,272 46,126 50,064 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,953 5,576 6,479 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 44,866 40,935 41,724 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: December 2015 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : December 2014 : November 2015 : December 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 889 5,615 7,616 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: December 2015 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : December 2014 : November 2015 : December 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 172,082 124,855 134,196 Corn oil .................................................: 97,380 130,938 131,811 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 448,551 413,019 423,632 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,919,823 1,935,499 1,973,279 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,411,411 1,130,071 1,265,208 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 503,258 425,499 445,735 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 75,031 67,645 69,669 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 329,431 322,741 340,460 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 94,777 84,505 88,921 Corn oil .................................................: 44,551 53,597 57,578 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 338,077 289,171 307,874 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 217,311 203,996 211,352 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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