Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released May 1, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights First Quarter 2025, January through March, contained 90 days. Fourth Quarter 2025, October through December, contained 92 days. First Quarter 2026, January through March, contained 90 days. All wheat ground for flour during the first quarter 2026 was 222 million bushels, down 2 percent from the fourth quarter 2025 grind of 226 million bushels and down 2 percent from the first quarter 2025 grind of 227 million bushels. First quarter 2026 total flour production was 103 million hundredweight, down 1 percent from the fourth quarter 2025 and down 3 percent from the first quarter 2025. Whole wheat flour production, at 3.91 million hundredweight during the first quarter 2026, accounted for 4 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the first quarter 2026 was 1.58 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the first quarter 2026 was 1.59 million hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the first quarter of 2026 totaled 16.7 million bushels, up 3 percent from the fourth quarter 2025 but down 3 percent from the first quarter 2025. First quarter 2026 durum flour and semolina production was 7.94 million hundredweight, up 4 percent from the fourth quarter 2025 but down 3 percent from the first quarter 2025. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 60,000 hundredweight, unchanged from 60,000 hundredweight in the fourth quarter 2025 but down 33 percent from 89,000 hundredweight from the first quarter 2025. First quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 105,027 tons and the daily 24- hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 134,730 hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the first quarter of 2026 was 364,000 bushels, up 6 percent from the fourth quarter 2025 and up 7 percent from the first quarter 2025. Rye flour production during the first quarter of 2026 was 168,000 hundredweight, compared to 160,000 hundredweight in the previous quarter and 152,000 hundredweight in the same quarter for the previous year. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9,365 hundredweight for the first quarter 2026. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: January 2026 - March 2026 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 16,029 7,513 109,600 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 16,069 7,574 109,600 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 15,223 7,161 109,600 : Colorado and Oklahoma : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 8,123 3,932 55,780 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 8,281 3,874 55,780 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 8,220 3,870 55,780 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 9,529 4,468 62,000 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 9,157 4,287 62,000 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 9,187 4,272 62,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 15,764 7,419 119,387 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 15,467 7,179 119,387 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 15,994 7,458 119,387 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 25,097 11,644 163,252 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 24,992 11,516 162,772 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 26,041 12,020 162,772 : Iowa and Nebraska : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 6,864 3,225 51,125 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 6,259 2,867 51,125 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 5,799 2,697 41,125 : Kansas : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 15,810 7,394 111,800 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 16,229 7,501 111,800 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 15,333 7,164 111,800 : Kentucky and Tennessee : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 8,951 4,063 59,000 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 9,153 4,163 59,000 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 8,633 3,949 59,000 : Maryland and Virginia : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 5,447 2,485 48,500 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 5,945 2,724 48,500 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 5,749 2,635 48,500 : Michigan : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 6,496 2,962 47,700 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 6,765 3,073 49,900 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 5,806 2,647 49,900 : Minnesota : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 10,181 4,648 80,120 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 10,024 4,639 70,220 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 10,241 4,782 70,220 : Missouri : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 13,876 6,724 92,800 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 13,210 5,877 92,800 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 13,666 6,089 92,800 : New Jersey and New York : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 12,935 5,969 96,950 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 13,623 6,243 96,950 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 13,172 5,956 96,950 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: January 2026 - March 2026 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 2025 - March 2025.......................: 7,938 3,605 67,796 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 7,463 3,377 67,796 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 7,412 3,388 67,796 : North Dakota : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 16,263 7,499 106,000 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 16,529 7,550 106,000 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 16,319 7,501 106,000 : Ohio : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 12,671 5,685 89,600 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 10,469 4,661 98,600 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 10,409 4,614 98,600 : Pennsylvania : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 11,445 5,324 80,500 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 11,906 5,504 80,500 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 11,868 5,491 80,500 : Texas : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 12,955 6,001 86,000 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 14,000 6,450 87,000 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 13,436 6,240 87,000 : Other States 1/ : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 10,253 4,817 72,907 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 10,698 5,012 72,907 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 9,895 4,613 72,907 : United States : January 2025 - March 2025.......................: 226,627 105,377 1,600,817 October 2025 - December 2025....................: 226,239 104,071 1,602,637 January 2026 - March 2026.......................: 222,403 102,547 1,592,637 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: January 2026 - March 2026 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January - March 2025 :October - December 2025 : January - March 2026 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All wheat : Wheat ground for flour ............1,000 bushels: 226,627 226,239 222,403 Flour production ......................1,000 cwt: 105,377 104,071 102,547 Whole wheat flour production.........1,000 cwt: 4,488 4,296 3,911 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,597,789 1,610,036 1,575,400 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,600,817 1,602,637 1,592,637 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour.............1,000 bushels: 209,442 210,023 205,676 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 97,146 96,434 94,604 Whole wheat production...............1,000 cwt: 4,399 4,236 3,851 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,489,953 1,506,221 1,470,373 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,466,087 1,467,907 1,457,907 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina1,000 bushels: 17,185 16,216 16,727 Durum flour and semolina production....1,000 cwt: 8,231 7,637 7,943 Whole wheat durum flour : and semolina production............1,000 cwt: 89 60 60 Millfeed production.........................tons: 107,836 103,815 105,027 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 134,730 134,730 134,730 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 340 342 364 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 152 160 168 Millfeed production.........................tons: 570 561 596 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 9,415 9,365 9,365 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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