Flour Milling Products
ISSN: 2378-2498
Released February 1, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
Highlights
Fourth Quarter 2019, October through December, contained 92 days.
Third Quarter 2020, July through September, contained 92 days.
Fourth Quarter 2020, October through December, contained 92 days.
All wheat ground for flour during the fourth quarter 2020 was 231 million
bushels, down 1 percent from the
third quarter 2020 grind of 234 million bushels and down slightly from the
fourth quarter 2019 grind of
232 million bushels. Fourth quarter 2020 total flour production was 107
million hundredweight, down 1 percent from the third quarter 2020 and down
1 percent from the fourth quarter 2019. Whole wheat flour production at
4.85 million hundredweight during the fourth quarter 2020 accounted for 5
percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the
fourth quarter 2020 was 1.66 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity
of wheat flour during the fourth quarter 2020 was 1.58 million hundredweight.
Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the fourth
quarter of 2020 totaled 17.3 million bushels,
down 1 percent from the third quarter 2020 and down 4 percent from the fourth
quarter 2019. Fourth quarter 2020 durum flour and semolina production was
8.20 million hundredweight, down 1 percent from the third quarter 2020 and
down 4 percent from the fourth quarter 2019. Whole wheat durum flour and
semolina production was 147,000 hundredweight,
up 10 percent from 134,000 hundredweight in the third quarter 2020 but down
8 percent from
160,000 hundredweight from the fourth quarter 2019. Fourth quarter durum
wheat millfeed production was
116,884 tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina
production was
131,730 hundredweight.
Rye ground for flour during the fourth quarter of 2020 was 474,000 bushels,
up 5 percent from the third quarter 2020 and up 4 percent from the fourth
quarter 2019. Rye flour production during the fourth quarter of 2020 was
216,000 hundredweight, compared to 210,000 hundredweight in the previous
quarter and
214,000 hundredweight in the same quarter for the previous year. The daily
24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9,655 hundredweight for the
fourth quarter 2020.
All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: October 2020 - December 2020 with Comparisons
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Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour)
: flour : production : capacity
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: 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt
:
California :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 17,370 8,133 121,100
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,640 7,699 120,400
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 15,956 7,437 108,600
:
Colorado and Oklahoma :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 8,050 3,875 59,280
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 7,731 3,743 58,280
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,047 3,827 58,280
:
Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 8,684 3,996 57,600
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,908 4,085 60,000
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,612 3,981 60,000
:
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 15,850 7,312 125,787
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,244 7,686 126,987
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 15,738 7,353 125,187
:
Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 24,133 11,529 176,252
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 25,615 12,106 161,852
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 25,070 11,805 161,852
:
Iowa and Nebraska :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 8,482 3,884 56,744
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,419 3,866 55,894
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,411 3,739 55,894
:
Kansas :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 14,599 6,786 111,132
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,240 7,623 111,132
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 16,477 7,656 111,132
:
Kentucky and Tennessee :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 8,990 4,174 52,500
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,887 4,148 52,500
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,884 4,096 52,500
:
Maryland and Virginia :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 6,786 3,083 52,692
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 6,373 2,905 48,692
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 6,120 2,801 48,692
:
Michigan :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 5,602 2,540 39,700
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 5,557 2,486 39,700
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 5,675 2,542 39,700
:
Minnesota :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 13,923 6,473 111,460
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 12,176 5,652 80,120
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 11,254 5,235 80,120
:
Missouri :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 13,718 6,406 92,800
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,641 6,248 92,800
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 13,830 6,356 92,800
:
New Jersey and New York :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 14,635 6,796 103,350
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,497 6,481 103,350
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 12,963 6,025 103,350
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--continued
All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: October 2020 - December 2020 with
Comparisons (continued)
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Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour)
: flour : production : capacity
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: 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt
:
North Carolina :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 8,086 3,665 61,496
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,216 3,695 61,496
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,306 3,768 61,496
:
North Dakota :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 14,321 6,491 93,500
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 15,739 7,125 93,100
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 15,363 7,049 93,100
:
Ohio :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 13,042 5,872 88,400
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 14,101 6,303 88,400
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 14,688 6,593 79,900
:
Pennsylvania :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 12,415 5,687 85,400
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 11,759 5,360 77,900
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 11,449 5,221 77,900
:
Texas :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 12,595 5,977 90,750
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,296 6,143 91,500
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 13,459 6,255 91,500
:
Other States 1/ :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 11,147 5,241 69,807
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 11,160 5,229 78,407
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 11,183 5,248 78,407
:
United States :
October 2019 - December 2019....................: 232,428 107,920 1,649,750
July 2020 - September 2020......................: 234,199 108,583 1,602,510
October 2020 - December 2020....................: 231,485 106,987 1,580,410
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1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: October 2020 - December 2020 with Comparisons
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Item :October - December 2019 : July - September 2020 :October - December 2020
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All wheat :
Wheat ground for flour ............1,000 bushels: 232,428 234,199 231,485
Flour production ......................1,000 cwt: 107,920 108,583 106,987
Whole wheat flour production.........1,000 cwt: 5,957 4,908 4,852
Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,624,974 1,678,897 1,655,982
Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,649,750 1,602,510 1,580,410
:
Wheat, excluding durum :
Wheat ground for flour.............1,000 bushels: 214,393 216,690 214,185
Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 99,416 100,279 98,784
Whole wheat production...............1,000 cwt: 5,797 4,774 4,705
Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,503,421 1,560,317 1,539,098
Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,518,420 1,470,780 1,448,680
:
Wheat, durum :
Wheat ground for flour and semolina1,000 bushels: 18,035 17,509 17,300
Durum flour and semolina production....1,000 cwt: 8,504 8,304 8,203
Whole wheat durum flour :
and semolina production............1,000 cwt: 160 134 147
Millfeed production.........................tons: 121,553 118,580 116,884
Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 131,330 131,730 131,730
:
Rye :
Rye ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 456 452 474
Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 214 210 216
Millfeed production.........................tons: (D) 848 959
Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 9,785 9,655 9,655
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
Statistical Methodology
Survey Procedures: Flour Milling Products is part of the Current Agricultural
Industrial Reports (CAIR) program. CAIR reports are administered under NASS's
Census of Agriculture program. Response to CAIR surveys are required by law
(Title 7, U.S. Code). Data are collected from all known mills that produce
wheat or rye flour.
The census universe was determined during operation profile interviews which
were completed for each potential facility to identify the presence of wheat
or rye flour production in 2014. The operation profile also documented the
manner in which the firm will report. A firm headquarters can report for all
milling locations or each location can report separately.
In the Flour Milling Products survey questionnaires, mills are asked for
previous quarter data on wheat and rye ground for flour, and production of
flour, whole wheat flour, and millfeed. Quarters are based on a calendar year
with the following definitions: first quarter - January through March;
second quarter - April through June; third quarter - July through September;
fourth quarter - October through December. Mills are mailed questionnaires
with the options of completing the survey by mail or by Electronic Data
Reporting (EDR). For surveys not received in a reasonable amount of time,
telephone follow-up is conducted.
Estimating Procedures: Imputation is done for operations with non-response by
using historical data and current data relationships. Data for reporting
firms are added to estimates for non-reporting firms to obtain National or
Regional totals.
Revision Policy: Data are revised the following quarter based on late reports
or corrected data. Final figures are published in the annual summary of the
following year.
Reliability: Approximately 165 reports are received each month which
represent about 99 percent of total capacity. Quarterly data can vary due to
different firms reporting quarter to quarter. Survey data are also subject to
non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in
processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are
minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and
reasonableness.
Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional
information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch.............................. (202) 720-2127
Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section..................... (202) 720-2127
Irwin Anolik - Crop Weather.............................. (202) 720-7621
Joshua Bates - Oats, Soybeans............................ (202) 690-3234
David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.. (202) 720-8800
Becky Sommer - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum......... (202) 720-5944
James Johanson - Barley, County Estimates, Hay........... (202) 690-8533
Greg Lemmons - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet.............. (202) 720-9526
Jean Porter - Rye, Wheat................................. (202) 720-8068
John Stephens - Peanuts, Rice............................ (202) 720-7688
Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds............... (202) 720-7369
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