Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released November 1, 2017, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights August 2017 contained 31 days. September 2017 contained 30 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 500 million bushels in September 2017. Total corn consumption was down 8 percent from August 2017 but up 3 percent from September 2016. September 2017 usage included 91.3 percent for alcohol and 8.7 percent for other purposes. Corn total corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 3.54 million bushels, down slightly from August 2017 but up 27 percent from September 2016. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 448 million bushels, was down 7 percent from August 2017 but up 3 percent from September 2016. Corn consumed in September 2017 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 89.8 percent and 10.2 percent respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.85 million tons during September 2017, down 10 percent from August 2017 and down 6 percent from September 2016. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.28 million tons in September 2017, down 5 percent from August 2017 but up 7 percent from September 2016. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 322 thousand tons during September 2017, down 13 percent from August 2017 and down 1 percent from September 2016. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 280 thousand tons in September 2017, down 14 percent from August 2017 and down 8 percent from September 2016. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: September 2017 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose :September 2016 : August 2017 :September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 2,793 3,550 3,543 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 435,220 481,541 447,571 Dry mill ...............................................: 388,472 431,268 402,011 Wet mill ...............................................: 46,748 50,273 45,560 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,135 5,894 5,557 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 41,035 51,161 43,393 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: September 2017 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose :September 2016 : August 2017 :September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 2,530 3,733 2,391 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: September 2017 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products :September 2016 : August 2017 :September 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 146,764 133,909 135,052 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 134,269 160,413 149,785 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 398,124 472,705 454,220 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,964,214 2,060,482 1,846,762 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,194,344 1,354,204 1,283,509 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 375,641 431,072 419,482 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 54,996 65,045 85,798 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 326,211 367,666 321,506 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 86,725 92,823 87,322 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 303,504 325,580 279,654 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 213,022 225,061 213,652 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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