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Table 8 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 a 65%:35% 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 (M)

Co-product

Million tons

Corn

Soybean meal

Corn

Soybean meal

  Export

9.0

51.2

48.8

4,610

4,390

   Domestic use

25.091

75.8

24.2

19.020

6.071

   Beef usage

7.527

100

0

7.527

0

   Dairy usage

11.868

47.0

53.0

5.578

6.290

   Pig usage

3.212

60.0

40.0

1.927

1.285

   Poultry usage

2.484

60.0

40.0

1.490

0.994

  Domestic dairy, pigs, and poultry

17.564

51.2

48.8

8.995

8.568

Distillers dried grain with solubles domestic plus export

34.091

62.0

38.0

21.132

12.959

Corn grain feed

4.098

100

-

4.098

-

Corn grain meal

0.891

-

100

-

0.891

Total substitution

39.080

64.6

35.4

25.231

13.850