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Table 7 Substitution of corn and soybean meal by distillers dried grains with solubles, corn grain feed, and corn grain meal produced from 5.007 billion bushels (127.440 million metric tons) of corn grain associated with 71%:29% substitution ratio overall

From: Land usage attributed to corn ethanol production in the United States: sensitivity to technological advances in corn grain yield, ethanol conversion, and co-product utilization

  

Substitution (%)

Substitution tonnage (millions)

Co-product

Million tons

Corn

Soybean meal

Corn

Soybean meal

  Export

9.000

51.2

48.8

4,610

4,390

  Domestic use

25.091

75.8

24.2

19.020

6.071

   Beef usage

12.646

100

0

12.646

0

   Dairy usage

8.405

47.0

53.0

3.951

4.455

   Pig usage

2.283

60.0

40.0

1.370

0.913

   Poultry usage

1.756

60.0

40.0

1.054

0.703

  Domestic dairy, pigs, and poultry

12.445

51.2

48.8

6.374

6.071

Distillers dried grain with solubles domestic plus export

34.091

69.3

30.7

23.630

10.461

Corn grain feed

4.098

100

-

4.098

-

Corn grain meal

0.891

-

100

-

0.891

Total substitution

39.080

71.0

29.0

27.728

11.352