USDA: Corn Crush For Fuel Ethanol Up 2 Percent In June

Sep 09, 2015

By Susanne Retka Schill

Corn consumption for ethanol and other industrial uses has been relatively stable in the past three months. The survey-based USDA Grain Crushings and Co-products report showed total corn consumption for industrial uses in July was 501 million bushels, up 2 percent in July from June’s data, but down 1 percent from May. July usage included 91.2 percent for alcohol and 8.8 percent for other purposes.

The corn crush for fuel alcohol, at 448 million bushels, comprised the vast majority. Corn for fuel alcohol in July was up 2 percent from June but down slightly from May. Corn for beverage alcohol totaled 2.65 million bushels. 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 coproduct production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 2.00 million tons during July, up 1 percent from June and up 6 percent from May. Distillers wet grains (DWG — 65 percent or more moisture) was 1.14 million tons in July, up slightly from June but down 7 percent from May 2015. Dry mill corn oil production was 125,000 tons, up from June’s 121,000 tons and May’s 118,000 tons.

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.