Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released November 2, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights Third Quarter 2019, July through September, contained 92 days. Second Quarter 2020, April through June, contained 91 days. Third Quarter 2020, July through September, contained 92 days. All wheat ground for flour during the third quarter 2020 was 234 million bushels, up 7 percent from the second quarter 2020 grind of 219 million bushels and up 1 percent from the third quarter 2019 grind of 232 million bushels. Third quarter 2020 total flour production was 109 million hundredweight, up 6 percent from the second quarter 2020 and up 2 percent from the third quarter 2019. Whole wheat flour production at 4.91 million hundredweight during the third quarter 2020 accounted for 5 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the third quarter 2020 was 1.68 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the third quarter 2020 was 1.60 million hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the third quarter of 2020 totaled 17.5 million bushels, down 10 percent from the second quarter 2020 but up 10 percent from the third quarter 2019. Third quarter 2020 durum flour and semolina production was 8.30 million hundredweight, down 9 percent from the second quarter 2020 but up 11 percent from the third quarter 2019. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 134,000 hundredweight, down 18 percent from 164,000 hundredweight in the second quarter 2020 and down 33 percent from 200,000 hundredweight in the third quarter 2019. Third quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 118,580 tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 131,730 hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the third quarter of 2020 was 452,000 bushels, up 36 percent from the second quarter 2020 but down 2 percent from the third quarter 2019. Rye flour production during the third quarter of 2020 was 210,000 hundredweight, compared to 159,000 hundredweight in the previous quarter and 218,000 hundredweight in the same quarter for the previous year. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9,655 hundredweight for the third quarter 2020. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2020 - September 2020 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 17,046 7,916 121,100 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 16,438 7,657 120,400 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,640 7,699 120,400 : Colorado and Oklahoma : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 7,789 3,678 59,280 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 7,676 3,700 58,280 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 7,731 3,743 58,280 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 9,015 4,166 64,000 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 7,632 3,530 60,000 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,908 4,085 60,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 15,474 7,161 125,787 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 15,450 7,129 126,987 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,244 7,686 126,987 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 24,158 11,282 176,252 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 22,932 10,953 161,852 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 25,615 12,106 161,852 : Iowa and Nebraska : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 8,536 3,885 56,744 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 8,517 3,909 55,894 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,419 3,866 55,894 : Kansas : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 15,152 7,016 117,132 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 16,073 7,489 111,132 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,240 7,623 111,132 : Kentucky and Tennessee : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 9,144 4,260 52,500 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 7,125 3,285 52,500 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,887 4,148 52,500 : Maryland and Virginia : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 7,021 3,159 52,692 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 6,038 2,733 48,692 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 6,373 2,905 48,692 : Michigan : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 5,718 2,573 39,700 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 4,886 2,208 39,700 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 5,557 2,486 39,700 : Minnesota : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 13,919 6,454 120,220 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 10,946 5,099 94,120 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 12,176 5,652 80,120 : Missouri : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 13,195 6,030 92,800 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 14,369 6,722 92,800 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,641 6,248 92,800 : New Jersey and New York : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 14,035 6,450 102,150 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 11,675 5,640 103,350 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,497 6,481 103,350 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2020 - September 2020 with Comparisons (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : North Carolina : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 8,312 3,752 61,496 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 7,790 3,568 61,496 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,216 3,695 61,496 : North Dakota : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 14,105 6,339 93,500 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 13,906 6,315 93,500 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 15,739 7,125 93,100 : Ohio : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 12,741 5,765 92,900 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 14,036 6,298 88,400 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 14,101 6,303 88,400 : Pennsylvania : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 12,489 5,781 85,400 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 10,814 5,038 84,900 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 11,759 5,360 77,900 : Texas : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 12,967 6,058 90,750 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 12,250 5,737 91,850 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,296 6,143 91,500 : Other States 1/ : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 10,959 5,103 69,807 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 10,757 5,040 78,407 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 11,160 5,229 78,407 : United States : July 2019 - September 2019......................: 231,775 106,828 1,674,210 April 2020 - June 2020..........................: 219,310 102,050 1,624,260 July 2020 - September 2020......................: 234,199 108,583 1,602,510 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: July 2020 - September 2020 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : July - September 2019 : April - June 2020 : July - September 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All wheat : Wheat ground for flour...................1,000 bushels: 231,775 219,310 234,199 Flour production.............................1,000 cwt: 106,828 102,050 108,583 Whole wheat flour production...............1,000 cwt: 5,513 4,471 4,908 Millfeed production...............................tons: 1,659,494 1,557,553 1,678,897 Daily 24-hour capacity.............................cwt: 1,674,210 1,624,260 1,602,510 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 215,847 199,874 216,690 Flour production.........................1,000 cwt: 99,327 92,895 100,279 Whole wheat production.................1,000 cwt: 5,313 4,307 4,774 Millfeed production...........................tons: 1,551,290 1,425,065 1,560,317 Daily 24-hour capacity.........................cwt: 1,542,880 1,490,530 1,470,780 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina..1,000 bushels: 15,928 19,436 17,509 Durum flour and semolina production......1,000 cwt: 7,501 9,155 8,304 Whole wheat durum flour and : semolina production.................1,000 cwt: 200 164 134 Millfeed production...........................tons: 108,204 132,488 118,580 Daily 24-hour capacity.........................cwt: 131,330 133,730 131,730 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...................1,000 bushels: 462 333 452 Flour production...........................1,000 cwt: 218 159 210 Millfeed production.............................tons: (D) 624 848 Daily 24-hour capacity...........................cwt: 9,785 9,685 9,655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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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