Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released May 1, 2019, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights First Quarter 2018, January through March, contained 90 days. Fourth Quarter 2018, October through December, contained 92 days. First Quarter 2019, January through March, contained 90 days. All wheat ground for flour during the first quarter 2019 was 223 million bushels, down 4 percent from the fourth quarter 2018 grind of 232 million bushels and down 2 percent from the first quarter 2018 grind of 227 million bushels. First quarter 2019 total flour production was 104 million hundredweight, down 4 percent from the fourth quarter 2018 and down 2 percent from the first quarter 2018. Whole wheat flour production, at 4.81 million hundredweight during the first quarter 2019, accounted for 5 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the first quarter 2019 was 1.58 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the first quarter 2019 was 1.65 million hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the first quarter of 2019 totaled 16.5 million bushels, down 6 percent from the fourth quarter 2018 and down 4 percent from the first quarter 2018. First quarter 2019 durum flour and semolina production was 7.90 million hundredweight, down 5 percent from the fourth quarter 2018 and down 3 percent from the first quarter 2018. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 150,000 hundredweight, down 6 percent from 160,000 hundredweight in the fourth quarter 2018 and down 16 percent from179,000 hundredweight from the first quarter 2018. First quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 114,243 tons and the daily 24- hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 131,330 hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the first quarter of 2019 was 425,000 bushels, down 3 percent from the fourth quarter 2018 and down 11 percent from the first quarter 2018. Rye flour production during the first quarter of 2019 was 209,000 hundredweight, compared to 210,000 hundredweight in the previous quarter and 234,000 hundredweight in the same quarter for the previous year. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9,785 hundredweight for the first quarter 2019. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: January 2019 - March 2019 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 16,753 7,834 122,171 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 16,665 7,777 122,171 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 16,870 7,826 122,171 : Colorado and Oklahoma : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 6,190 3,043 59,280 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 6,980 3,387 59,280 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 6,669 3,246 59,280 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 9,795 4,485 64,000 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 9,385 4,309 64,000 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 9,717 4,473 64,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 16,685 7,806 133,787 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 16,922 7,888 125,787 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 15,870 7,312 125,787 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 21,985 10,566 146,252 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 22,532 10,603 146,252 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 22,747 10,619 146,252 : Iowa and Nebraska : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 8,216 3,684 56,744 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 8,373 3,797 56,744 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 7,569 3,514 56,744 : Kansas : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 14,780 6,838 117,132 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 15,284 7,091 117,132 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 14,327 6,655 117,132 : Kentucky and Tennessee : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 8,424 3,926 52,650 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 8,577 4,019 52,650 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 8,265 3,828 52,650 : Maryland and Virginia : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 7,007 3,185 55,192 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 6,845 3,090 55,192 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 6,798 3,032 55,192 : Michigan : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 6,358 2,904 39,700 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 6,089 2,791 39,700 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 5,970 2,767 39,700 : Minnesota : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 14,664 6,772 120,120 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 14,416 6,549 120,220 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 13,490 6,220 120,220 : Missouri : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 13,011 5,968 84,800 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 13,414 6,213 84,800 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 13,118 6,025 92,800 : New Jersey and New York : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 13,339 6,310 102,150 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 13,865 6,552 102,150 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 12,839 6,068 102,150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: January 2019 - March 2019 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 2018 - March 2018.......................: 7,905 3,567 61,496 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 7,710 3,527 61,496 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 8,223 3,703 61,496 : North Dakota : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 14,080 6,599 92,500 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 16,117 7,528 93,500 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 13,680 6,398 93,500 : Ohio : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 14,041 6,162 92,900 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 13,334 6,103 92,900 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 12,808 5,809 92,900 : Pennsylvania : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 11,855 5,557 90,200 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 12,435 5,851 87,800 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 12,093 5,629 87,800 : Texas : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 11,742 5,506 80,750 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 12,701 5,896 90,750 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 12,488 5,792 90,750 : Other States 1/ : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 10,317 4,900 69,807 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 10,017 4,747 69,807 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 9,949 4,731 69,807 : United States : January 2018 - March 2018.......................: 227,147 105,612 1,641,631 October 2018 - December 2018....................: 231,661 107,718 1,642,331 January 2019 - March 2019.......................: 223,490 103,647 1,650,331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: January 2019 - March 2019 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January - March 2018 :October - December 2018 : January - March 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All wheat : Wheat ground for flour ............1,000 bushels: 227,147 231,661 223,490 Flour production ......................1,000 cwt: 105,612 107,718 103,647 Whole wheat flour production.........1,000 cwt: 5,711 5,531 4,809 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,606,569 1,628,348 1,581,440 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,641,631 1,642,331 1,650,331 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour.............1,000 bushels: 210,033 214,123 207,023 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 97,456 99,418 95,744 Whole wheat production...............1,000 cwt: 5,532 5,371 4,659 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,488,631 1,507,511 1,467,197 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,518,401 1,519,001 1,519,001 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina1,000 bushels: 17,114 17,538 16,467 Durum flour and semolina production....1,000 cwt: 8,156 8,300 7,903 Whole wheat durum flour : and semolina production............1,000 cwt: 179 160 150 Millfeed production.........................tons: 117,938 120,837 114,243 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 123,230 123,330 131,330 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 476 436 425 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 234 210 209 Millfeed production.........................tons: (D) (D) (D) Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 9,385 9,785 9,785 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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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