Corn use for fuel ethanol production at 415 million bushels in Ap
Summary
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for June, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol in April was down when compared to the previous month, but up when compared to April 2021. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was at 471 million bushels in April, down 7 percent when compared to the previous month, but up 2 percent when compared to April 2021. Corn consumed for fuel alcohol reached 415 million bushels, down 9 percent when compared to the previous month, but up 2 percent when compared to April 2021. Corn consumed for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 93 percent and 7 percent, respectively. The USDA withheld the volume of sorghum consumed for fuel ethanol production in order to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.