Corn use for fuel ethanol production in August was down when compared to the previous month, but up when compared to August 2022, according to the October edition of the USDA National Agricultural Statistic Service’s Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production Report.&nbsp;Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was at 490 million bushels in August, down 3 percent from July, but up 1 percent when compared to August of last year. August usage included 92.3 percent for alcohol and 7.7 percent for other purposes.&nbsp;Corn consumed for fuel alcohol production was at 443 million bushels in July, down 3 percent when compared to the previous month but up 3 percent from August 2022. Corn consumed for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was at 91.9 percent and 8.1 percent, respectively.&nbsp;At dry mills, condensed distillers solubles production reached 118,801 tons in August, up from 110,547 tons in July and 88,329 tons in August of last year. Corn oil production was at 183,162 tons, down from 187,808 tons the previous month, but up from 180,062 tons in August 2022. Distiller dried grains production was at 394,888 tons, down from 404,109 tons in July, but up from 335,885 tons in August of last year. Distillers dried grains with solubles production fell to 1.78 million tons, down slightly from the previous month and down from 1.87 million tons in August 2022. Distillers wet grains production fell to 1.3 million tons, down from 1.31 million tons in July and 1.32 million tons in August of last yar. Modified distillers wet grains production fell to 396,043 tons in August, down from 430,169 tons the previous month and 544,168 tons during the same month of last year.&nbsp;At wet mils, corn germ meal production was at 50,251 tons in August, up from 48,269 tons the previous month, but down from 61,012 tons in August of last year. Corn gluten feed production was at 257,948 tons, down from 277,997 tons in July, but up from 248,856 tons in August 2022. Corn gluten meal production expanded to 127,748 tons, up from both 119,450 tons the previous month and 102,538 tons in August of last year. Wet corn gluten feed production was at 207,397 tons, down from 224,484 tons in July, but up from 189,203 tons in August 2022.&nbsp;At dry and wet mills, carbon dioxide captured was at 233,525 tons in August, up from 207,926 tons in July, but down from 247,075 tons in August 2022.&nbsp;

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Corn use for fuel ethanol production in August was down when compared to the previous month, but up when compared to August 2022, according to the October edition of the USDA NASS's Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production Report. 

USDA: Corn use for fuel ethanol at 443 million bushels in July

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