USDA: Corn use for fuel ethanol falls to 421 million bushels in February
USDA reports corn use for ethanol fell to 421M bushels in February, down 10% from January and 5% from 2024. Production of key co-products like distillers grains, corn oil, and corn gluten declined across dry and wet mills. Total corn usage for alcohol and other purposes reached 465M bushels, reflecting seasonal and market-driven demand fluctuations.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for April, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol production in February was down when compared to both previous month and February 2024.
Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 465 million bushels in February, down 10% from the previous month and down 6% when compared to the same month of 2024. Corn usage included 92.6% for alcohol and 7.4% for other uses.
Corn use for fuel alcohol production fell to 421 million bushels in February, down 10% from January and down 5% when compared to February 2024. Corn consumed for dr milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was at 91.9%, and 8.1%, respectively.
At dry mills, condensed distillers solubles production was at 101,133 tons in February, down from 121,213 tons the previous month, but up from 78,910 tons in February of the previous year. Corn oil production fell to 173,369 tons, down from 191,648 tons in January and 174,864 tons in February 2024. Distillers dried grains production fell to 344,525 tons, down from 359,299 tons the previous month and 371,639 tons in February of the previous year. Distillers dried grains with solubles production fell to 1.7 million tons, down from 1.85 million tons in January and 1.81 million tons in February 2024. Distillers wet grains production fell to 1.11 million tons, down from 1.26 million tons the previous month and 1.17 million tons in February 2024. Modified distillers grains production fell to 450,911 tons, down from 481,080 tons in January and 456,737 tons in February of the previous year.
At wet mills, corn germ meal production fell to 52,729 tons in February, down from 60,250 tons in January and 58,546 tons in February 2024. Corn gluten feed production fell to 229,265 tons, down from 253,838 tons the previous month and 254,386 tons during the same month of the previous year. Corn gluten feed production fell to 98,853 tons, down from 104,688 tons in January and 112,564 tons in February 2024. Wet corn gluten feed production fell to 176,276 tons, down from 204,250 tons the previous month and 207,421 tons during February of the previous year.
At dry and wet mills, carbon dioxide captured was at 220,301 tons in February, down from 247,417 tons in January, but up from 206,229 tons in February 2024.
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Source : Ethanol Producer Magazine
