Grain crushings and co-products production

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ISSN: 2377-3855

Released September 1, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of 
Agriculture (USDA).

Highlights

May 2015 contained 31 days.
June 2015 contained 30 days.
July 2015 contained 31 days.

Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 501.0 million bushels in 
July 2015. Total corn consumption was up 2 percent from June 2015 but down 
1 percent from May 2015. July usage included 91.2 percent for alcohol and 8.8 
percent for other purposes. Corn for beverage alcohol totaled 2.65 million 
bushels, up 6 percent from June but down 18 percent from May. Corn for fuel 
alcohol, at 448.0 million bushels, was up 2 percent from June but down 
slightly from May. Corn consumed in July 2015 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 2.00 million tons during July 2015, up 1 percent from June 2015 
and up 6 percent from May 2015. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or 
more moisture was 1.14 million tons in July 2015, up slightly from June 2015 
but down 7 percent from May 2015.

Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 333.8 thousand tons during July 
2015, up 4 percent from June 2015 but down 5 percent from May 2015. Wet corn 
gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 315.1 thousand tons in July 2015, 
up 3 percent from June 2015 but down 3 percent from May 2015.

Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: May 2015 - July 2015
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                           Purpose                          :   May 2015    :   June 2015   :   July 2015   
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                                                            :                 1,000 bushels                 
                                                            :                                               
Consumed for alcohol production                             :                                               
  Beverage alcohol .........................................:      3,234           2,492           2,645    
  Fuel alcohol .............................................:    450,218         441,201         448,022    
    Dry mill ...............................................:    402,828         395,633         401,045    
    Wet mill ...............................................:     47,390          45,568          46,977    
  Industrial alcohol .......................................:      5,701           6,857           6,207    
Consumed for other purposes                                 :                                               
  Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................:     47,918          42,851          44,139    
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Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: May 2015 - July 2015
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                           Purpose                          :   May 2015    :   June 2015   :   July 2015   
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                                                            :                   1,000 cwt                   
                                                            :                                               
Consumed for alcohol production                             :                                               
  Fuel alcohol .............................................:      (D)              -              (D)      
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-   Represents zero.                                                                                        
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.                                            

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: May 2015 - July 2015
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                  Co-products and products                  :   May 2015    :   June 2015   :   July 2015   
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                                                            :                     tons                      
                                                            :                                               
Dry mill                                                    :                                               
  Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............:     148,637         145,244         149,927   
  Corn oil .................................................:     118,281         120,582         125,497   
  Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................:     418,448         407,259         450,829   
  Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............:   1,892,983       1,976,508       2,000,851   
  Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........:   1,228,598       1,136,491       1,137,600   
  Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .:     417,888         367,092         350,460   
                                                            :                                               
Wet mill                                                    :                                               
  Corn germ meal ...........................................:      69,135          63,188          68,528   
  Corn gluten feed .........................................:     350,141         321,209         333,828   
  Corn gluten meal .........................................:      97,295          92,237          97,130   
  Corn oil .................................................:      53,208          51,281          53,364   
  Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................:     325,292         306,354         315,090   
                                                            :                                               
Dry and wet mill                                            :                                               
  Carbon dioxide captured ..................................:     203,119         214,995         225,675   
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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. The first annual summary will be published in March of 2016.

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 [email protected].

Troy Joshua, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch.. (202) 720-6146

Scott Shimmin, Head, Environmental and Demographics Section............ (202) 720-0684
   Stephanie Brennan - Field Crops Chemical Use ....................... (202) 690-0392
   David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports............. (202) 690-3233
   Doug Farmer - Vegetable Chemical Use................................ (202) 720-7492
   Ginger Harris - Census of Agriculture............................... (502) 582-5293
   Steve Peterson - Farms, Land in Farms, Census of Agriculture........ (202) 720-5581
   Jackie Ross - Census of Agriculture................................. (202) 720-7644
   Miste Salmon - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.............. (202) 690-3226
   Theresa Varner - Farm Labor, Chemical Use........................... (202) 690-2284

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