United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2017 Summary March 2018 2017 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2017 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2017. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2017 was 5.61 billion bushels, up 4 percent from 2016. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2017 totaled 35.8 million bushels, up 5 percent from 2016. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.49 billion bushels in 2017, up 4 percent from 2016. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 23.2 million tons during 2017, up slightly from 2016. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 16.1 million tons in 2017, up 5 percent from 2016. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 5.25 million tons in 2016, up 8 percent from 2016. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.98 million tons during 2017, up 1 percent from 2016. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 3.59 million tons, down 2 percent from 2016. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.49 million tons in 2017, down 1 percent from 2016. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 2,424 3,080 2,662 2,987 3,077 2,769 3,073 Fuel alcohol ............................: 473,641 423,574 460,383 432,752 452,966 436,651 454,757 Dry mill ..............................: 424,269 382,460 413,733 385,608 406,016 390,607 412,276 Wet mill ..............................: 49,372 41,114 46,650 47,144 46,950 46,044 42,481 Industrial alcohol ......................: 7,615 7,045 6,931 7,218 6,463 6,449 6,183 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 43,436 39,138 44,561 44,780 46,462 44,000 45,535 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ............................: 6,556 6,450 7,055 5,497 6,563 4,861 5,332 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 132,952 115,697 141,951 118,242 146,225 125,677 142,865 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 146,305 135,060 143,260 132,804 148,544 146,584 157,669 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 430,929 373,099 425,213 437,914 435,640 435,900 462,098 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 2,073,740 1,891,804 1,997,388 1,752,270 1,906,829 1,851,702 1,930,770 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,392,605 1,224,738 1,391,225 1,301,416 1,377,061 1,280,610 1,342,934 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 444,897 405,666 457,407 431,983 460,432 431,035 423,728 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 66,031 57,560 59,425 60,519 63,302 59,384 57,952 Corn gluten feed ........................: 347,389 269,325 355,194 346,377 341,167 341,215 328,031 Corn gluten meal ........................: 90,593 78,780 89,491 90,133 91,895 86,806 85,087 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 315,420 292,526 307,814 283,835 313,876 297,780 272,165 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .................: 192,585 176,265 207,016 200,431 201,035 217,863 207,049 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2017 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 3,550 3,543 2,974 3,447 2,249 35,835 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 480,154 445,534 470,091 475,665 487,713 5,493,881 Dry mill ....................................: 431,445 399,974 419,009 429,123 439,929 4,934,449 Wet mill ....................................: 48,709 45,560 51,082 46,542 47,784 559,432 Industrial alcohol ............................: 5,894 5,557 5,368 5,652 6,844 77,219 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 44,642 43,393 44,206 40,488 41,253 521,894 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2017 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ..................................: 3,733 2,391 2,419 2,867 2,295 56,019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2017 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 133,909 135,061 136,200 133,982 124,098 1,586,859 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 160,316 149,792 169,314 175,219 174,078 1,838,945 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 472,705 454,220 449,199 430,224 442,427 5,249,568 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 2,062,285 1,854,144 1,961,763 1,996,869 1,967,745 23,247,309 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,354,542 1,283,173 1,335,166 1,375,547 1,431,323 16,090,340 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 431,072 419,900 443,221 476,566 511,763 5,337,670 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 90,005 85,798 90,646 95,999 71,732 858,353 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 345,196 321,506 353,394 311,957 318,694 3,979,445 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 92,823 87,322 93,463 90,366 91,092 1,067,851 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 313,340 279,654 302,618 303,209 309,765 3,592,002 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .......................: 227,696 216,846 225,246 207,728 209,638 2,489,398 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov. Jody McDaniel, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch.. (202) 720-6146 Scott Shimmin, Head, Environmental and Demographics Section.............. (202) 720-0684 Stephanie Brennan - Census of Agriculture ............................ (202) 690-0392 Natasha Bruton - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.............. (202) 720-7644 David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports............... (202) 690-3226 Doug Farmer - Vegetable Chemical Use.................................. (202) 720-7492 Joseph Hagedorn - Census of Agriculture............................... (202) 690-2284 Virginia Harris - Census of Agriculture............................... (502) 582-5293 Dominique Sims - Census of Agriculture................................ (202) 690-4752 Access to NASS Reports For your convenience, you may access NASS reports and products the following ways: All reports are available electronically, at no cost, on the NASS web site: www.nass.usda.gov Both national and state specific reports are available via a free e- mail subscription. To set-up this free subscription, visit www.nass.usda.gov and click on "National" or "State" in upper right corner above "search" box to create an account and select the reports you would like to receive. For more information on NASS surveys and reports, call the NASS Agricultural Statistics Hotline at (800) 727-9540, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, or e-mail: nass@nass.usda.gov. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form (PDF), found online at www.ascr.usda.gov/filing-program-discrimination-complaint-usda-customer, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.