# February corn consumption declines 6% year-over-year

> USDA's Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report showed corn consumed for alcohol and other uses at 465 million bushels in February 2025, down 10% from January and 6% from February 2024. Corn used for fuel alcohol fell to 421 million bushels, and DDGS output dropped 8% from January to 1.70 million tons.

- Date: 2025-04-02 · published 2025-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25210-february-corn-consumption-declines-6-year-over-year
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower corn grind for ethanol reduces corn demand and co-product supply, which is bearish for corn and supportive for DDGS prices. The drop is a routine monthly data release rather than a surprise.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-02-09 | [February 2021 WASDE: Corn tumbles on reduced global consumption](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48590-february-2021-wasde-corn-tumbles-on-reduced-global-consumption.md) | -5.2% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2024-09-17 | [Global coarse grain production declines \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28364-global-coarse-grain-production-declines-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.7% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2020-03-05 | [FAO Food Price Index declined in February \| PotatoPro](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7992-fao-food-price-index-declined-in-february-potatopro.md) | +0.2% | -2.5% |
| CORN | 2017-11-14 | [Is This the Year of Super Corn?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67835-is-this-the-year-of-super-corn.md) | +0.2% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2017-09-01 | [Report: ethanol consolidation likely as margins decline. - Free Online Library](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68960-report-ethanol-consolidation-likely-as-margins-decline-free-online-library.md) | -0.4% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-handling-processing/grain-processing/news/15741888/usda-reports-decline-in-corn-consumption

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