Corn Use for Alcohol Down on the Month, Up on the Year

Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 484 million bushels in August 2022. Total corn consumption was down 3 percent from July 2022 but up 3 percent from August 2021. August 2022 usage included 91.5 percent for alcohol and 8.5 percent for other purposes. 

Corn consumed for beverage alcohol totaled 4.01 million bushels, up 18 percent from July 2022 and up 69 percent from August 2021. Corn for fuel alcohol, at 432 million bushels, was down 3 percent from July 2022 but up 4 percent from August 2021. 

Corn consumed in August 2022 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 93.5 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.87 million tons during August 2022, down 3 percent from July 2022 but up 2 percent from August 2021. 

Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.32 million tons in August 2022, up 3 percent from July 2022 and up 13 percent from August 2021.

Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 248,856 tons during August 2022, down 8 percent from July 2022 and down 9 percent from August 2021. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 189,203 tons in August 2022, down 15 percent from July 2022 and down 8 percent from August 2021.