Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released April 2, 2018, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights January 2018 contained 31 days. February 2018 contained 28 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 482 million bushels in February 2018. Total corn consumption was down 8 percent from January 2018 but up 2 percent from February 2017. February 2018 usage included 91.7 percent for alcohol and 8.3 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 2.36 million bushels, down 19 percent from January 2018 and down 23 percent from February 2017. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 434 million bushels, was down 9 percent from January 2018 but up 2 percent from February 2017. Corn consumed in February 2018 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 90.7 percent and 9.3 percent respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.83 million tons during February 2018, down 8 percent from January 2018 and down 3 percent from February 2017. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.26 million tons in February 2018, down 12 percent from January 2018 but up 3 percent from February 2017. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 285 thousand tons during February 2018, down 6 percent from January 2018 but up 6 percent from February 2017. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 255 thousand tons in February 2018, down 7 percent from January 2018 and down 13 percent from February 2017. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: February 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : February 2017 : January 2018 : February 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 3,080 2,933 2,364 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 423,574 476,129 433,622 Dry mill ...............................................: 382,460 431,474 393,318 Wet mill ...............................................: 41,114 44,655 40,304 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 7,045 6,114 5,829 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 39,138 40,909 39,966 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: February 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : February 2017 : January 2018 : February 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 6,450 (D) 1,815 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: February 2018 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : February 2017 : January 2018 : February 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 115,697 147,329 152,279 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 135,060 164,325 164,531 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 373,099 406,648 371,026 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,891,804 1,986,257 1,829,272 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,224,738 1,443,327 1,264,798 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 405,666 512,520 452,351 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 57,560 62,669 58,351 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 269,325 303,966 285,466 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 78,780 91,519 90,924 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 292,526 275,284 254,749 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 176,265 208,318 187,762 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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