Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released November 1, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights Third Quarter 2021, July through September, contained 92 days. Second Quarter 2022, April through June, contained 91 days. Third Quarter 2022, July through September, contained 92 days. All wheat ground for flour during the third quarter 2022 was 237 million bushels, up 2 percent from the second quarter 2022 grind of 232 million bushels and up 3 percent from the third quarter 2021 grind of 231 million bushels. Third quarter 2022 total flour production was 110 million hundredweight, up 2 percent from the second quarter 2022 and up 3 percent from the third quarter 2021. Whole wheat flour production at 4.63 million hundredweight during the third quarter 2022 accounted for 4 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the third quarter 2022 was 1.72 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the third quarter 2022 was 1.60 million hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the third quarter of 2022 totaled 15.7 million bushels, up 2 percent from the second quarter 2022 and up less than 1 percent from the third quarter 2021. Third quarter 2022 durum flour and semolina production was 7.51 million hundredweight, up less than 1 percent from the second quarter 2022 and up 3 percent from the third quarter 2021. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 123,000 hundredweight, up 46 percent from 84,000 hundredweight in the second quarter 2022 but down 48 percent from 238,000 hundredweight in the third quarter 2021. Third quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 103,877 tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 134,730 hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the third quarter of 2022 was 411,000 bushels, up 5 percent from the second quarter 2022 but down 5 percent from the third quarter 2021. Rye flour production during the third quarter of 2022 was 186,000 hundredweight, compared to 174,000 hundredweight in the previous quarter and 193,000 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 2022. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2022 - September 2022 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,444 7,608 108,600 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 16,072 7,457 108,600 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 16,414 7,613 108,600 : Colorado and Oklahoma : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,047 3,812 56,780 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 7,645 3,663 55,780 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 7,955 3,802 55,780 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 9,387 4,207 59,000 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 9,511 4,424 62,000 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 9,656 4,438 62,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,114 7,579 125,387 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 16,289 7,631 125,387 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 16,644 7,838 125,387 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 25,083 11,663 163,252 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 24,632 11,805 163,252 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 25,936 12,075 163,252 : Iowa and Nebraska : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,220 3,721 55,894 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 9,199 4,328 55,894 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 9,435 4,379 55,894 : Kansas : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,029 7,445 111,132 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 16,081 7,474 111,800 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 16,881 7,754 111,800 : Kentucky and Tennessee : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,803 4,075 57,000 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 8,983 4,130 57,000 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 9,184 4,262 57,000 : Maryland and Virginia : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 6,742 3,041 48,644 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 7,284 3,294 48,644 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 7,040 3,183 48,644 : Michigan : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 5,722 2,556 39,700 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 5,998 2,681 39,700 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 6,154 2,737 39,700 : Minnesota : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,421 5,320 80,120 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 11,147 5,169 80,120 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 11,321 5,280 80,120 : Missouri : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 12,162 5,604 92,800 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 12,371 5,560 92,800 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 12,625 6,156 92,800 : New Jersey and New York : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 14,295 6,596 101,450 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 14,232 6,454 101,450 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 13,916 6,528 101,450 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2022 - September 2022 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 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,280 3,770 61,496 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 7,971 3,682 61,496 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 8,079 3,678 61,496 : North Dakota : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 14,369 6,392 93,100 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 15,231 7,101 100,100 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 15,213 6,904 103,600 : Ohio : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 13,185 5,889 79,900 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 13,263 5,940 79,900 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 13,976 6,217 79,900 : Pennsylvania : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,575 5,294 78,000 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 10,787 4,957 78,000 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 11,044 5,106 78,000 : Texas : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 13,212 6,104 92,000 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 13,632 6,303 92,000 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 14,122 6,480 92,000 : Other States 1/ : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,717 5,485 78,407 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 11,352 5,354 78,407 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 11,609 5,429 78,407 : United States : July 2021 - September 2021......................: 230,807 106,161 1,582,662 April 2022 - June 2022..........................: 231,680 107,407 1,592,330 July 2022 - September 2022......................: 237,204 109,859 1,595,830 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: July 2022 - September 2022 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : July - September 2021 : April - June 2022 : July - September 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All wheat : Wheat ground for flour...................1,000 bushels: 230,807 231,680 237,204 Flour production.............................1,000 cwt: 106,161 107,407 109,859 Whole wheat flour production...............1,000 cwt: 4,974 4,536 4,630 Millfeed production...............................tons: 1,683,427 1,684,355 1,718,246 Daily 24-hour capacity.............................cwt: 1,582,662 1,592,330 1,595,830 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 215,146 216,298 221,496 Flour production.........................1,000 cwt: 98,856 99,920 102,352 Whole wheat production.................1,000 cwt: 4,736 4,452 4,507 Millfeed production...........................tons: 1,579,755 1,582,210 1,614,369 Daily 24-hour capacity.........................cwt: 1,450,932 1,457,600 1,461,100 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina..1,000 bushels: 15,661 15,382 15,708 Durum flour and semolina production......1,000 cwt: 7,305 7,487 7,507 Whole wheat durum flour and : semolina production.................1,000 cwt: 238 84 123 Millfeed production...........................tons: 103,672 102,145 103,877 Daily 24-hour capacity.........................cwt: 131,730 134,730 134,730 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...................1,000 bushels: 431 391 411 Flour production...........................1,000 cwt: 193 174 186 Millfeed production.............................tons: (D) 700 777 Daily 24-hour capacity...........................cwt: 9,655 9,655 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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