Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released September 1, 2016, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights June 2016 contained 30 days. July 2016 contained 31 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 508 million bushels in July 2016. Total corn consumption was up 6 percent from June 2016 and up 1 percent from July 2015. July 2016 usage included 91.2 percent for alcohol and 8.8 percent for other purposes. Corn for beverage alcohol totaled 2.61 million bushels, up slightly from June 2016 but down 1 percent from July 2015. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 455 million bushels, was up 7 percent from June 2016 and up 2 percent from July 2015. Corn consumed in July 2016 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 89.5 percent and 10.5 percent respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 2.05 million tons during July 2016, up 8 percent from June 2016 and up 4 percent from July 2015. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.22 million tons in July 2016, up 1 percent from June 2016 but down 4 percent from July 2015. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 340 thousand tons during July 2016, up 2 percent from June 2016 and up 2 percent from July 2015. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 332 thousand tons in July 2016, up 6 percent from June 2016 and up 5 percent from July 2015. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: July 2016 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : July 2015 : June 2016 : July 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 2,645 2,600 2,609 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 448,400 427,307 455,399 Dry mill ...............................................: 401,423 382,546 407,481 Wet mill ...............................................: 46,977 44,761 47,918 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,207 4,913 5,772 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 44,139 43,026 44,564 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: July 2016 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : July 2015 : June 2016 : July 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: (D) 5,978 5,980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: July 2016 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : July 2015 : June 2016 : July 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 150,631 132,767 140,639 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) .....................: 124,428 130,964 144,020 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 450,829 392,438 404,758 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,975,199 1,893,816 2,047,172 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,274,543 1,217,476 1,224,023 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 347,652 360,904 359,613 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 68,528 58,121 65,032 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 333,828 331,812 339,700 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 97,130 84,034 89,125 Corn oil .................................................: 53,364 48,531 57,325 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 316,790 312,497 331,949 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 222,712 228,221 230,934 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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