Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production Annual Summary

United States
Department of
Agriculture
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service

Grain Crushings and CoProducts Production
2021 Summary
March 2022

ISSN: 2470-9913

2021 Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production
As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2021 Annual Summary of the Grain Crushings
and Co-Products Production contains data and annual totals for January through December 2021.
Total corn consumed for alcohol for 2021 was 5.28 billion bushels, up 7 percent from 2020. Corn for beverage alcohol in
2021 totaled 43.8 million bushels, up 3 percent from 2020. Corn for fuel alcohol was 5.15 billion bushels in 2021, up
8 percent from 2020.
Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 22.2 million tons during 2021, up
10 percent from 2020. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 13.9 million tons in 2021, up 12 percent
from 2020. Distillers dried grain (DDG) was 4.14 million tons in 2021, up 9 percent from 2020.
Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 3.37 million tons during 2021, down 2 percent from 2020. Wet corn gluten
feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 2.47 million tons, down 5 percent from 2020.
Dry and wet mill carbon dioxide captured was 2.70 million tons in 2021, up 18 percent from 2020.

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Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: 2021
Purpose

January
2021

February
2021

March
2021

April
2021

May
2021

June
2021

July
2021

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

Consumed for alcohol production
Beverage alcohol .................................................
Fuel alcohol ..........................................................
Dry mill .............................................................
Wet mill ............................................................
Industrial alcohol ..................................................

3,291
417,027
375,757
41,270
7,331

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

3,721
420,374
384,842
35,532
7,445

3,658
407,524
371,265
36,259
6,516

3,852
448,001
410,696
37,305
7,011

3,708
439,529
402,866
36,663
6,244

Consumed for other purposes
Total wet mill products other than fuel ...............

39,282

34,022

42,159

43,517

44,492

41,881

3,642
450,321
411,026
39,295
6,065
43,370
--continued

Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: 2021
Purpose

Fuel alcohol ..........................................................

January
2021

February
2021

March
2021

April
2021

May
2021

June
2021

July
2021

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(D)

(D)

-

(D)

115

356

See footnote(s) at end of table.

323
--continued

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: 2021
Co-products and products

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 ......................................
Wet mill
Corn germ meal ...................................................
Corn gluten feed ..................................................
Corn gluten meal .................................................
Wet corn gluten feed
40% to 60% moisture ......................................
Dry and wet mill
Carbon dioxide captured .....................................
See footnote(s) at end of table.

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January
2021

February
2021

March
2021

April
2021

May
2021

June
2021

July
2021

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

79,610
148,527
342,557

92,525
117,903
262,261

90,530
156,903
368,075

86,074
149,431
342,870

95,299
168,904
380,620

102,483
171,344
370,694

88,506
176,712
341,136

1,753,401

1,406,427

1,803,494

1,768,002

1,942,762

1,925,037

1,970,139

1,042,660

885,932

1,114,039

1,078,944

1,084,238

1,114,200

1,122,403

415,857

377,688

391,913

373,090

344,779

411,900

399,669

53,242
282,163
116,178

44,416
217,605
97,680

50,088
266,308
113,365

63,568
291,558
113,905

64,607
299,123
114,135

56,403
287,839
112,189

63,732
304,527
103,107

214,623

169,005

206,831

202,491

208,575

207,751

209,836

193,297

182,552

237,819

225,169

229,471

227,969

233,402
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Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed – United States: 2021 (continued)
Purpose

August
2021

September
2021

October
2021

November
2021

December
2021

Total
2021

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

(1,000
bushels)

Consumed for alcohol production
Beverage alcohol .............................................................
Fuel alcohol ......................................................................
Dry mill ..........................................................................
Wet mill .........................................................................
Industrial alcohol ..............................................................

2,372
416,836
385,658
31,178
7,291

3,413
407,131
371,207
35,924
7,014

3,837
467,952
427,001
40,951
6,092

4,790
466,867
429,207
37,660
6,362

4,740
477,878
439,172
38,706
8,072

43,779
5,152,366
4,711,360
441,006
82,127

Consumed for other purposes
Total wet mill products other than fuel ............................

43,719

39,171

41,748

40,792

40,651

494,804

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

Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed – United States: 2021 (continued)
August
2021

September
2021

October
2021

November
2021

December
2021

Total
2021

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

(1,000 cwt)

Purpose

Fuel alcohol ......................................................................

295

269

693

(D)

(D)

(D)

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

Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced – United States: 2021 (continued)
Co-products and products

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 ...................................................
Wet mill
Corn germ meal ................................................................
Corn gluten feed ...............................................................
Corn gluten meal ..............................................................
Wet corn gluten feed
40% to 60% moisture ...................................................
Dry and wet mill
Carbon dioxide captured ..................................................

August
2021

September
2021

October
2021

November
2021

December
2021

Total
2021

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

(tons)

76,361
168,224
295,254

85,920
155,918
293,344

95,239
183,804
383,939

87,051
187,291
379,071

94,168
194,497
383,196

1,073,766
1,979,458
4,143,017

1,827,378

1,761,034

1,948,812

1,997,444

2,073,188

22,177,118

1,170,789

1,187,941

1,299,324

1,328,995

1,422,171

13,851,636

395,054

423,404

396,748

515,758

546,625

4,992,485

54,576
274,358
106,050

57,868
280,232
106,657

65,635
300,634
108,083

61,842
278,434
110,303

63,314
285,387
107,003

699,291
3,368,168
1,308,655

205,634

208,335

212,455

211,260

214,346

2,471,142

229,244

234,343

236,582

219,586

251,666

2,701,101

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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.
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

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