Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released May 1, 2018, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights First Quarter 2017, January through March, contained 90 days. Fourth Quarter 2017, October through December, contained 92 days. First Quarter 2018, January through March, contained 90 days. All wheat ground for flour during the first quarter 2018 was 227 million bushels, down 3 percent from the fourth quarter 2017 grind of 235 million bushels but up 1 percent from the first quarter 2017 grind of 224 million bushels. First quarter 2018 total flour production was 106 million hundredweight, down 3 percent from the fourth quarter 2017 but up 1 percent from the first quarter 2017. Whole wheat flour production at 5.71 million hundredweight during the first quarter 2018 accounted for 5 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the first quarter 2018 was 1.61 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the first quarter 2018 was 1.64 million hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the first quarter of 2018 totaled 17.1 million bushels, down 2 percent from the fourth quarter 2017 but up 2 percent from the first quarter 2017. First quarter 2018 durum flour and semolina production was 8.16 million hundredweight, down 3 percent from the fourth quarter 2017 but up 2 percent from the first quarter 2017. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 179 thousand hundredweight, up 47 percent from 122 thousand hundredweight in the fourth quarter 2017 and up 8 percent from 166 thousand hundredweight from the first quarter 2017. First quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 118 thousand tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 123 thousand hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the first quarter of 2018 was 476 thousand bushels, down 4 percent from the fourth quarter 2017 but up 4 percent from the first quarter 2017. Rye flour production during the first quarter of 2018 was 234 thousand hundredweight, compared to 240 thousand hundredweight in the previous quarter and 222 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 first quarter 2018. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: January 2018 - March 2018 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 16,247 7,706 120,671 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 16,939 7,783 120,671 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 16,753 7,834 122,171 : Colorado and Oklahoma : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 7,094 3,532 59,280 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 7,215 3,495 59,280 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 6,190 3,043 59,280 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 9,807 4,563 64,000 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 9,805 4,527 64,000 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 9,795 4,485 64,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 16,410 7,960 131,540 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 17,240 8,101 131,540 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 16,685 7,806 133,787 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 21,096 9,947 142,252 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 22,456 10,614 142,252 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 21,985 10,566 146,252 : Iowa and Nebraska : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 8,224 3,795 57,676 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 8,387 3,788 57,676 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 8,216 3,684 56,744 : Kansas : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 13,975 6,555 116,032 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 15,598 7,171 116,032 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 14,780 6,838 117,132 : Kentucky and Tennessee : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 8,515 3,950 52,650 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 8,964 4,094 52,650 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 8,424 3,926 52,650 : Maryland and Virginia : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 6,752 3,050 52,192 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 7,415 3,339 52,192 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 7,007 3,185 55,192 : Michigan : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 6,050 2,772 39,200 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 6,738 3,059 39,200 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 6,358 2,904 39,700 : Minnesota : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 14,854 6,862 115,120 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 15,535 7,184 115,120 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 14,664 6,772 120,120 : Missouri : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 12,564 5,713 88,185 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 13,675 6,152 88,185 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 13,011 5,968 84,800 : New Jersey and New York : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 13,493 6,382 102,150 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 13,970 6,435 102,150 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 13,339 6,310 102,150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: January 2018 - March 2018 with Comparisons (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : North Carolina : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 7,970 3,593 61,496 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 8,083 3,697 61,496 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 7,905 3,567 61,496 : North Dakota : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 13,742 6,280 92,500 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 13,998 6,621 92,500 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 14,080 6,599 92,500 : Ohio : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 13,266 6,024 86,700 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 14,201 6,425 86,700 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 14,041 6,162 92,900 : Pennsylvania : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 11,854 5,569 90,400 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 12,128 5,698 90,400 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 11,855 5,557 90,200 : Texas : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 11,901 5,542 77,250 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 12,260 5,680 77,250 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 11,742 5,506 80,750 : Other States 1/ : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 10,150 4,910 70,307 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 10,479 4,971 70,307 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 10,317 4,900 69,807 : United States : January 2017 - March 2017.......................: 223,964 104,705 1,619,601 October 2017 - December 2017....................: 235,086 108,834 1,619,601 January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 227,147 105,612 1,641,631 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: January 2018 - March 2018 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January - March 2017 :October - December 2017 : January - March 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All wheat : Wheat ground for flour ............1,000 bushels: 223,964 235,086 227,147 Flour production ......................1,000 cwt: 104,705 108,834 105,612 Whole wheat flour production.........1,000 cwt: 5,800 5,737 5,711 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,586,308 1,641,094 1,606,569 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,619,601 1,619,601 1,641,631 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour.............1,000 bushels: 207,187 217,665 210,033 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 96,739 100,445 97,456 Whole wheat production...............1,000 cwt: 5,634 5,615 5,532 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,468,703 1,525,361 1,488,631 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,492,554 1,492,554 1,518,401 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina1,000 bushels: 16,777 17,421 17,114 Durum flour and semolina production....1,000 cwt: 7,966 8,389 8,156 Whole wheat durum flour : and semolina production............1,000 cwt: 166 122 179 Millfeed production.........................tons: 117,605 115,733 117,938 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 127,047 127,047 123,230 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 457 495 476 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 222 240 234 Millfeed production.........................tons: (D) 1,249 (D) Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 9,385 9,385 9,385 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov. Jody McDaniel, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch.. (202) 720-6146 Scott Shimmin, Head, Environmental and Demographics Section.............. (202) 720-0684 Stephanie Brennan - Census of Agriculture ............................ (202) 690-0392 Natasha Bruton - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.............. 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