United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9913 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production 2018 Summary March 2019 2018 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2018 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2018. Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2018 was 5.67 billion bushels, up 1 percent from 2017. Corn for beverage alcohol in 2018 totaled 35.6 million bushels, down 1 percent from 2017. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.55 billion bushels in 2018, up 1 percent from 2017. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 23.7 million tons during 2018, up 2 percent from 2017. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 16.2 million tons in 2018, up 1 percent from 2017. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 4.61 million tons in 2018, down 12 percent from 2017. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.61 million tons during 2018, down 9 percent from 2017. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 3.11 million tons, down 13 percent from 2017. Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.79 million tons in 2018, up 12 percent from 2017. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ........................: 2,933 2,364 2,717 3,096 2,924 3,123 3,293 Fuel alcohol ............................: 476,129 433,622 472,912 445,323 470,404 462,740 481,320 Dry mill ..............................: 431,474 393,318 428,916 405,732 430,324 421,463 438,081 Wet mill ..............................: 44,655 40,304 43,996 39,591 40,080 41,277 43,239 Industrial alcohol ......................: 6,114 5,829 7,093 6,006 6,198 6,322 6,000 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .: 40,909 39,966 43,396 43,884 44,836 45,307 45,253 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ............................: (D) 1,815 2,232 2,643 3,694 4,268 3,496 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) .........................: 147,329 152,279 145,808 135,883 137,929 140,033 127,335 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ....: 164,325 164,531 148,490 144,813 159,718 160,521 166,181 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ...........: 406,648 371,026 417,190 372,741 392,070 374,274 390,080 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ................................: 1,986,257 1,829,272 1,942,750 1,831,598 1,968,728 2,020,697 2,109,109 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ..................: 1,443,327 1,264,798 1,413,641 1,394,684 1,397,439 1,308,000 1,330,483 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture ...................: 512,520 452,351 509,088 485,841 467,398 403,381 420,940 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ..........................: 62,669 58,351 58,359 60,089 62,146 61,405 60,800 Corn gluten feed ........................: 303,966 285,466 319,757 304,716 291,542 301,896 321,447 Corn gluten meal ........................: 91,519 90,924 97,157 91,427 92,487 93,357 93,113 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture ...................: 275,284 254,749 276,350 254,638 280,979 262,168 263,139 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .................: 208,318 187,762 210,775 216,215 214,508 241,457 260,461 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: 2018 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol ..............................: 3,559 2,808 3,291 2,941 2,547 35,596 Fuel alcohol ..................................: 483,374 449,288 461,883 454,533 461,644 5,553,172 Dry mill ....................................: 441,043 410,966 418,645 413,191 418,029 5,051,182 Wet mill ....................................: 42,331 38,322 43,238 41,342 43,615 501,990 Industrial alcohol ............................: 7,167 7,068 6,754 5,782 7,135 77,468 : Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel .......: 44,916 41,573 40,869 40,248 40,865 512,022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: 2018 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Fuel alcohol ..................................: 3,455 4,290 4,588 5,314 3,045 (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: 2018 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-products and products : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles : (CDS - syrup) ...............................: 134,308 131,317 124,404 128,805 134,094 1,639,524 Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ..........: 166,106 155,284 158,712 154,778 152,918 1,896,377 Distillers dried grains (DDG) .................: 394,908 376,510 378,003 376,137 357,196 4,606,783 Distillers dried grains with solubles : (DDGS) ......................................: 2,185,674 1,951,327 1,979,896 1,930,259 1,924,199 23,659,766 Distillers wet grains (DWG) : 65% or more moisture ........................: 1,313,014 1,295,724 1,347,600 1,314,662 1,396,462 16,219,834 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) : 40% to 64% moisture .........................: 402,346 408,708 456,672 472,972 472,469 5,464,686 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ................................: 55,012 59,668 61,021 54,967 60,677 715,164 Corn gluten feed ..............................: 325,547 293,548 282,713 285,362 290,178 3,606,138 Corn gluten meal ..............................: 91,947 83,262 90,899 85,510 88,638 1,090,240 Wet corn gluten feed : 40% to 60% moisture .........................: 256,268 229,183 245,681 257,003 256,146 3,111,588 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured .......................: 282,872 260,179 252,895 222,757 228,754 2,786,953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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