Grain Crushings and Co-Products Monthly Production

Grain Crushings and Co-Products
Production
ISSN: 2377-3855

Released April 1, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).

Highlights

January 2022 contained 31 days.
February 2022 contained 28 days.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 455 million bushels in February 2022. Total corn consumption was
down 12 percent from January 2022 but up 21 percent from February 2021. February 2022 usage included 91.5 percent
for alcohol and 8.5 percent for other purposes. Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 4.06 million bushels, up
7 percent from January 2022 and up 47 percent from February 2021. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 405 million bushels, was
down 13 percent from January 2022 but up 22 percent from February 2021. Corn consumed in February 2022 for dry
milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 93.2 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.69 million tons during
February 2022, down 12 percent from January 2022 but up 20 percent from February 2021. Distillers wet grains (DWG)
65 percent or more moisture was 1.29 million tons in February 2022, down 9 percent from January 2022 but up 46 percent
from February 2021.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 237,555 tons during February 2022, down 13 percent from January 2022 but
up 9 percent from February 2021. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 190,577 tons in February 2022,
down 3 percent from January 2022 but up 13 percent from February 2021.

Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: February 2022 with Comparisons
Purpose

Consumed for alcohol production
Beverage alcohol ........................................................................................................
Fuel alcohol .................................................................................................................
Dry mill ....................................................................................................................
Wet mill ...................................................................................................................
Industrial alcohol .........................................................................................................
Consumed for other purposes
Total wet mill products other than fuel ......................................................................

February 2021

January 2022

February 2022

(1,000 bushels)

(1,000 bushels)

(1,000 bushels)

2,755
332,926
302,663
30,263
6,684

3,787
463,512
427,804
35,708
8,238

4,061
405,169
377,548
27,621
7,119

34,022

40,836

38,464

Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: February 2022 with Comparisons
Purpose

February 2021

January 2022

February 2022

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

Consumed for alcohol production
Fuel alcohol .................................................................................................................

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: February 2022
with Comparisons
Co-products and products

February 2021

January 2022

February 2022

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

Dry mill
Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ............................................................
Corn oil (Corn Distillers Oil - CDO) ............................................................................
Distillers dried grains (DDG) ......................................................................................
Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............................................................
Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture ..................................................
Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture ....................................

92,525
117,903
262,261
1,406,427
885,932
377,688

100,263
175,110
356,957
1,929,115
1,425,897
535,036

103,037
154,933
303,788
1,693,253
1,293,312
492,839

Wet mill
Corn germ meal ..........................................................................................................
Corn gluten feed .........................................................................................................
Corn gluten meal ........................................................................................................
Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .............................................................

44,416
217,605
97,680
169,005

53,504
271,890
102,711
197,175

48,016
237,555
78,040
190,577

Dry and wet mill
Carbon dioxide captured ............................................................................................

182,552

229,006

227,188

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Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production (April 2022)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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 Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact
for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch ..................................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section ....................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Irwin Anolik – Crop Weather ........................................................................................................ (202) 720-7621
Joshua Bates – Oats, Soybeans ...................................................................................................... (202) 690-3234
David Colwell – Current Agricultural Industrial Reports ............................................................... (202) 720-8800
Michelle Harder – Barley, County Estimates, Hay ........................................................................ (202) 690-8533
James Johanson – Rye, Wheat ....................................................................................................... (202) 720-8068
Greg Lemmons – Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet ............................................................................. (202) 720-9526
Becky Sommer – Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum................................................................... (202) 720-5944
Travis Thorson – Sunflower, Other Oilseeds ................................................................................. (202) 720-7369
Lihan Wei – Peanuts, Rice............................................................................................................. (202) 720-7688

Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production (April 2022)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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