Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released February 1, 2017, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights Third Quarter 2016, July through September, contained 92 days. Fourth Quarter 2016, October through December, contained 92 days. All wheat ground for flour during the fourth quarter 2016 was 236 million bushels, up 1 percent from the third quarter 2016 grind of 233 million bushels and up slightly from the fourth quarter 2015 grind of 236 million bushels. Fourth quarter 2016 total flour production was 110 million hundredweight, up 1 percent from the third quarter 2016 and up 1 percent from the fourth quarter 2015. Whole wheat flour production at 5.68 million hundredweight during the fourth quarter 2016 accounted for 5 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the fourth quarter 2016 was 1.68 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the fourth quarter 2016 was 1.62 thousand hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the fourth quarter of 2016 totaled 18.5 million bushels, up 14 percent from the third quarter 2016 and up 6 percent from the fourth quarter 2015. Fourth quarter 2016 durum flour and semolina production was 8.72 million hundredweight, up 13 percent from the third quarter 2016 and up 7 percent from the fourth quarter 2015. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 184 thousand hundredweight, up 2 percent from 181 thousand hundredweight in the third quarter 2016 but down 3 percent from 189 thousand hundredweight from the fourth quarter 2015. Fourth quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 125 thousand tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 127 thousand hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the fourth quarter of 2016 was 445 thousand bushels, down 6 percent from the third quarter 2016 and down 19 percent from the fourth quarter 2015. Rye flour production during the fourth quarter of 2016 was 217 thousand hundredweight, compared to 233 thousand hundredweight in the previous quarter and 261 thousand hundredweight in the same quarter for the previous year. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9.39 thousand hundredweight for the fourth quarter 2016. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: October 2016 - December 2016 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 16,478 7,637 120,671 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 15,272 7,102 120,671 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 16,686 7,789 120,671 : Colorado and Oklahoma : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 7,660 3,626 59,280 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 7,692 3,779 59,280 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 7,392 3,649 59,280 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 10,128 4,693 64,000 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 10,166 4,688 64,000 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 10,126 4,593 64,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 17,690 8,103 130,708 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 16,538 7,865 131,540 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 17,207 8,313 131,540 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 22,377 10,344 142,452 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 22,223 10,349 142,452 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 21,813 10,212 142,452 : Iowa and Nebraska : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 9,047 4,188 64,376 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 8,556 4,087 57,676 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 8,409 3,951 57,676 : Kansas : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 15,796 7,257 116,032 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 14,845 6,934 116,032 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 14,310 6,687 116,032 : Kentucky and Tennessee : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 8,720 3,933 52,650 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 8,809 4,028 52,650 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 8,757 4,102 52,650 : Maryland and Virginia : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 7,488 3,361 52,192 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 7,475 3,372 52,192 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 7,678 3,469 52,192 : Michigan : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 5,667 2,742 38,900 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 6,808 3,039 39,200 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 6,519 2,919 39,200 : Minnesota : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 15,927 7,371 115,120 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 15,574 7,105 115,120 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 15,752 7,231 115,120 : Missouri : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 13,531 6,247 88,185 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 12,280 5,579 88,185 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 13,114 5,852 88,185 : New Jersey and New York : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 14,166 6,528 102,130 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 15,090 7,124 102,150 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 14,681 6,950 102,150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: October 2016 - December 2016 with Comparisons (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : North Carolina : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 7,767 3,578 61,496 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 8,530 3,811 61,496 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 8,235 3,733 61,496 : North Dakota : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 12,575 5,775 81,500 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 12,325 5,756 92,500 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 14,673 6,652 92,500 : Ohio : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 14,906 6,781 86,700 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 15,519 6,978 86,700 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 15,620 7,070 86,700 : Pennsylvania : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 12,829 5,864 93,880 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 12,251 5,553 90,400 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 12,393 5,734 90,400 : Texas : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 11,985 5,512 77,250 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 12,379 5,729 77,250 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 12,312 5,734 77,250 : Other States 1/ : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 11,147 5,261 70,307 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 11,059 5,156 70,307 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 10,321 5,004 70,307 : United States : October 2015 - December 2015....................: 235,884 108,801 1,617,829 July 2016 - September 2016......................: 233,391 108,034 1,619,801 October 2016 - December 2016....................: 235,998 109,644 1,619,801 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: October 2016 - December 2016 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item :October - December 2015 : July - September 2016 :October - December 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All wheat : Wheat ground for flour ............1,000 bushels: 235,884 233,391 235,998 Flour production ......................1,000 cwt: 108,801 108,034 109,644 Whole wheat flour production.........1,000 cwt: 6,154 6,052 5,679 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,682,552 1,689,779 1,676,240 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,617,829 1,619,801 1,619,801 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour.............1,000 bushels: 218,443 217,082 217,449 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 100,612 100,297 100,922 Whole wheat production...............1,000 cwt: 5,965 5,871 5,495 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,561,550 1,576,270 1,551,175 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,490,082 1,492,754 1,492,754 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina1,000 bushels: 17,441 16,309 18,549 Durum flour and semolina production....1,000 cwt: 8,189 7,737 8,722 Whole wheat durum flour : - - - and semolina production............1,000 cwt: 189 181 184 Millfeed production.........................tons: 121,002 113,509 125,065 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 127,747 127,047 127,047 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 549 473 445 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 261 233 217 Millfeed production.........................tons: (D) (D) (D) Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 9,365 9,385 9,385 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (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. 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