Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released November 2, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights Third Quarter 2025, July through September, contained 92 days. Second Quarter 2026, April through June, contained 91 days. Third Quarter 2026, July through September, contained 92 days. All wheat ground for flour during the third quarter 2026 was 227 million bushels, up 2 percent from the second quarter 2026 grind of 223 million bushels but down 2 percent from the third quarter 2025 grind of 231 million bushels. Third quarter 2026 total flour production was 105 million hundredweight, up 1 percent from the second quarter 2026 but down 1 percent from the third quarter 2025. Whole wheat flour production at 4.30 million hundredweight during the third quarter 2026 accounted for 4 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the third quarter 2026 was 1.63 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the third quarter 2026 was 1.63 million hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the third quarter of 2026 totaled 15.5 million bushels, down 4 percent from the second quarter 2026 and down 5 percent from the third quarter 2025. Third quarter 2026 durum flour and semolina production was 7.22 million hundredweight, down 4 percent from the second quarter 2026 and down 6 percent from the third quarter 2025. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 95,000 hundredweight, up 32 percent from 72,000 hundredweight in the second quarter 2026 and up 44 percent from 66,000 hundredweight in the third quarter 2025. Third quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 101,550 tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 127,730 hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the third quarter of 2026 was 374,000 bushels, up 21 percent from the second quarter 2026 and up 2 percent from the third quarter 2025. Rye flour production during the third quarter of 2026 was 167,000 hundredweight, compared to 142,000 hundredweight in the previous quarter and 157,000 hundredweight in the same quarter for the previous year. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9,365 hundredweight for the third quarter 2026. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2026 - September 2026 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 15,809 7,386 109,600 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 15,610 7,409 109,600 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 15,472 7,294 109,600 : Colorado and Oklahoma : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 8,282 3,954 55,780 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 8,254 3,867 55,780 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 8,400 3,951 55,780 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 9,595 4,464 62,000 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 8,983 4,220 62,000 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 9,345 4,365 62,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 16,644 7,649 119,387 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 16,614 7,789 126,887 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 17,047 7,857 126,887 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 26,120 12,012 162,772 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 26,250 12,134 174,772 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 26,759 12,288 174,772 : Iowa and Nebraska : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 6,599 3,042 51,125 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 4,697 2,572 34,125 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 4,538 2,519 34,125 : Kansas : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 17,345 7,962 111,800 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 16,177 7,516 111,800 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 16,752 7,638 111,800 : Kentucky and Tennessee : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 9,248 4,182 59,000 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 8,544 3,938 59,000 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 8,499 3,866 59,000 : Maryland and Virginia : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 5,957 2,682 48,500 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 6,095 2,781 48,500 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 6,412 2,913 49,000 : Michigan : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 6,369 2,895 49,900 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 5,468 2,467 46,500 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 5,404 2,436 46,500 : Minnesota : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 10,549 4,811 70,220 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 9,994 4,634 70,220 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 10,623 4,881 70,220 : Missouri : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 13,121 5,889 92,800 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 13,333 6,104 92,800 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 13,434 6,153 92,800 : New Jersey and New York : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 13,621 6,196 96,950 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 13,524 6,075 96,950 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 13,390 6,016 96,950 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2026 - September 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 : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 7,725 3,537 67,796 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 7,677 3,465 67,796 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 7,826 3,528 67,796 : North Dakota : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 16,255 7,405 106,000 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 16,132 7,380 106,000 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 16,945 7,699 106,000 : Ohio : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 12,097 5,414 98,600 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 10,959 4,841 98,600 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 10,821 4,785 98,600 : Pennsylvania : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 11,782 5,458 80,500 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 11,235 5,515 97,700 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 11,208 5,517 97,700 : Texas : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 13,703 6,316 87,000 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 13,373 6,231 96,480 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 13,835 6,386 96,480 : Other States 1/ : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 10,581 4,976 72,907 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 10,148 4,745 72,907 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 10,293 4,771 72,907 : United States : July 2025 - September 2025......................: 231,402 106,230 1,602,637 April 2026 - June 2026..........................: 223,067 103,683 1,628,417 July 2026 - September 2026......................: 227,003 104,863 1,628,917 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: July 2026 - September 2026 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : July - September 2025 : April - June 2026 : July - September 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All wheat : Wheat ground for flour...................1,000 bushels: 231,402 223,067 227,003 Flour production.............................1,000 cwt: 106,230 103,683 104,863 Whole wheat flour production...............1,000 cwt: 4,352 4,220 4,297 Millfeed production...............................tons: 1,663,809 1,597,379 1,630,336 Daily 24-hour capacity.............................cwt: 1,602,637 1,628,417 1,628,917 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 215,107 206,976 211,478 Flour production.........................1,000 cwt: 98,513 96,168 97,641 Whole wheat production.................1,000 cwt: 4,286 4,148 4,202 Millfeed production...........................tons: 1,562,653 1,488,536 1,528,786 Daily 24-hour capacity.........................cwt: 1,467,907 1,493,687 1,501,187 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina..1,000 bushels: 16,295 16,091 15,525 Durum flour and semolina production......1,000 cwt: 7,717 7,515 7,222 Whole wheat durum flour and : semolina production.................1,000 cwt: 66 72 95 Millfeed production...........................tons: 101,156 108,843 101,550 Daily 24-hour capacity.........................cwt: 134,730 134,730 127,730 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...................1,000 bushels: 367 309 374 Flour production...........................1,000 cwt: 157 142 167 Millfeed production.............................tons: 607 509 640 Daily 24-hour capacity...........................cwt: 9,365 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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