Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released June 1, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights February 2015 contained 28 days. March 2015 contained 31 days. April 2015 contained 30 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 463.8 million bushels in April 2015. Total corn consumption was down 6 percent from March 2015 but up 5 percent from February 2015. April usage included 90.3 percent for alcohol and 9.7 percent for other purposes. Corn for beverage alcohol totaled 3.30 million bushels, up 34 percent from March and up 22 percent from February. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 409.0 million bushels, was down 7 percent from March but up 3 percent from February. Corn consumed in April 2015 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 89.6 percent and 10.4 percent respectively. Corn used for purposes other than fuel production totaled 44.9 million bushels, up 1 percent from March and up 19 percent from February. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.69 million tons during April 2015, down 7 percent from March 2015 but up 3 percent from February 2015. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.20 million tons in April 2015, down 5 percent from March 2015 but up 5 percent from February 2015. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 313.9 thousand tons during April 2015, down 5 percent from March 2015 but up 11 percent from February 2015. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 314.0 thousand tons in April 2015, up 2 percent from March 2015 and up 14 percent from February 2015. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: February 2015 - April 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : February 2015 : March 2015 : April 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 2,698 2,455 3,298 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 395,814 439,423 409,045 Dry mill ...............................................: 355,494 393,331 366,354 Wet mill ...............................................: 40,320 46,092 42,691 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,142 6,671 6,555 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 37,584 44,348 44,908 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: February 2015 - April 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : February 2015 : March 2015 : April 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: - (D) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: February 2015 - April 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : February 2015 : March 2015 : April 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 128,057 163,713 139,930 Corn oil .................................................: 96,347 107,447 102,610 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 405,025 438,728 411,664 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,649,534 1,810,851 1,690,903 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,144,177 1,264,104 1,200,282 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 421,666 498,977 389,889 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 48,546 57,439 61,922 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 283,990 331,547 313,889 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 80,855 93,078 89,356 Corn oil .................................................: 41,020 42,684 42,998 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 274,763 308,444 314,047 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 173,878 198,572 209,505 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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