Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released October 1, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights July 2020 contained 31 days. August 2020 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 462 million bushels in August 2020. Total corn consumption was down 3 percent from July 2020 and down 9 percent from August 2019. August 2020 usage included 91.6 percent for alcohol and 8.4 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 3.20 million bushels, down 1 percent from July 2020 and down 4 percent from August 2019. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 411 million bushels, was down 3 percent from July 2020 and down 10 percent from August 2019. Corn consumed in August 2020 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 90.3 percent and 9.7 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.81 million tons during August 2020, down 3 percent from July 2020 and down 10 percent from August 2019. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 898,354 tons in August 2020, up 5 percent from July 2020 but down 30 percent from August 2019. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 260,453 tons during August 2020, down 15 percent from July 2020 and down 15 percent from August 2019. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 252,006 tons in August 2020, down 5 percent from July 2020 and down 4 percent from August 2019. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: August 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : August 2019 : July 2020 : August 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 3,341 3,247 3,201 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 454,633 424,054 411,080 Dry mill ...............................................: 410,749 379,063 371,271 Wet mill ...............................................: 43,884 44,991 39,809 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 5,929 9,010 8,904 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 43,906 40,689 38,750 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: August 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : August 2019 : July 2020 : August 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 6,115 926 (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: August 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : August 2019 : July 2020 : August 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 95,690 87,911 82,314 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 163,646 150,117 146,247 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 336,043 335,521 342,654 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 2,014,491 1,865,131 1,805,450 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,282,770 851,810 898,354 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 409,285 375,041 373,476 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 61,915 65,831 53,576 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 306,375 305,196 260,453 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 90,513 93,578 86,406 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 261,243 264,778 252,006 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 266,355 190,869 194,460 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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