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
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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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