Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released March 1, 2019, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights December 2018 contained 31 days. January 2019 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 493 million bushels in January 2019. Total corn consumption was down 4 percent from December 2018 and down 7 percent from January 2018. January 2019 usage included 92.1 percent for alcohol and 7.9 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 2.87 million bushels, up 13 percent from December 2018 and up 18 percent from January 2018. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 444 million bushels, was down 4 percent from December 2018 and down 7 percent from January 2018. Corn consumed in January 2019 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 91.3 percent and 8.7 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.82 million tons during January 2019, down 5 percent from December 2018 and down 8 percent from January 2018. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.30 million tons in January 2019, down 7 percent from December 2018 and down 10 percent from January 2018. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 263,218 tons during January 2019, down 9 percent from December 2018 and down 13 percent from January 2018. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 253,103 tons in January 2019, down 1 percent from December 2018 and down 8 percent from January 2018. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: January 2019 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : January 2018 : December 2018 : January 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 2,933 2,547 2,869 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 476,129 461,644 444,016 Dry mill ...............................................: 431,474 418,029 405,454 Wet mill ...............................................: 44,655 43,615 38,562 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,114 7,135 6,787 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 40,909 40,865 38,948 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: January 2019 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : January 2018 : December 2018 : January 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: (D) 3,045 4,883 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: January 2019 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : January 2018 : December 2018 : January 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 147,329 134,094 118,145 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 164,325 152,918 148,896 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 406,648 357,196 369,647 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,986,257 1,924,199 1,822,623 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,443,327 1,396,462 1,303,504 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 512,520 472,469 469,787 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 62,669 60,677 61,166 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 303,966 290,178 263,218 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 91,519 88,638 84,214 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 275,284 256,146 253,103 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 208,318 228,754 261,241 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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@nass.usda.gov. Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch............................ (202) 720-2127 Travis Thorson, Head, Field Crops Section................... (202) 720-2127 David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.. (202) 720-8800 Chris Hawthorn - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet............ (202) 720-9526 James Johanson - County Estimates, Hay................... (202) 690-8533 Jeff Lemmons - Oats, Soybeans............................ (202) 690-3234 Jannety Mosley - Crop Weather, Barley.................... (202) 720-7621 Sammy Neal - Peanuts, Rice............................... (202) 720-7688 Jean Porter - Rye, Wheat................................. (202) 720-8068 Chris Singh - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum........... 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