Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released February 1, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights Fourth Quarter 2020, October through December, contained 92 days. Third Quarter 2021, July through September, contained 92 days. Fourth Quarter 2021, October through December, contained 92 days. All wheat ground for flour during the fourth quarter 2021 was 235 million bushels, up 2 percent from the third quarter 2021 grind of 231 million bushels and up 1 percent from the fourth quarter 2020 grind of 231 million bushels. Fourth quarter 2021 total flour production was 108 million hundredweight, up 2 percent from the third quarter 2021 and up 1 percent from the fourth quarter 2020. Whole wheat flour production at 5.26 million hundredweight during the fourth quarter 2021 accounted for 5 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the fourth quarter 2021 was 1.70 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the fourth quarter 2021 was 1.59 million hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the fourth quarter of 2021 totaled 15.9 million bushels, up 2 percent from the third quarter 2021 but down 8 percent from the fourth quarter 2020. Fourth quarter 2021 durum flour and semolina production was 7.54 million hundredweight, up 3 percent from the third quarter 2021 but down 8 percent from the fourth quarter 2020. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 355,000 hundredweight, up 49 percent from 238,000 hundredweight in the third quarter 2021 and up 141 percent from 147,000 hundredweight from the fourth quarter 2020. Fourth quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 109,368 tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 131,730 hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the fourth quarter of 2021 was 449,000 bushels, up 4 percent from the third quarter 2021 but down 5 percent from the fourth quarter 2020. Rye flour production during the fourth quarter of 2021 was 207,000 hundredweight, compared to 193,000 hundredweight in the previous quarter and 216,000 hundredweight in the same quarter for the previous year. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9,655 hundredweight for the fourth quarter 2021. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: October 2021 - December 2021 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 15,956 7,437 108,600 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,444 7,608 108,600 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 16,557 7,608 108,600 : Colorado and Oklahoma : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,047 3,827 58,280 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,047 3,812 58,280 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 7,987 3,854 58,280 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,612 3,981 59,000 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 9,387 4,207 59,000 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 9,160 4,136 59,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 15,738 7,353 125,387 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,114 7,579 125,387 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 16,435 7,478 125,387 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 25,070 11,805 163,252 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 25,083 11,663 163,252 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 25,223 11,807 163,252 : Iowa and Nebraska : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,411 3,739 55,894 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,220 3,721 55,894 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 9,522 4,304 55,894 : Kansas : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 16,477 7,656 111,132 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,029 7,445 111,132 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 16,101 7,519 111,132 : Kentucky and Tennessee : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,884 4,096 57,000 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,803 4,075 57,000 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 9,183 4,116 57,000 : Maryland and Virginia : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 6,120 2,801 48,692 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 6,742 3,041 48,644 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 6,493 2,953 48,644 : Michigan : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 5,675 2,542 39,700 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 5,722 2,556 39,700 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 6,065 2,716 39,700 : Minnesota : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 11,254 5,235 80,120 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,421 5,320 80,120 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 11,643 5,461 80,120 : Missouri : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 13,830 6,356 92,800 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 12,162 5,604 92,800 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 12,595 5,825 92,800 : New Jersey and New York : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 12,954 6,025 102,550 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 14,295 6,596 102,550 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 14,228 6,551 102,550 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: October 2021 - December 2021 with Comparisons (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : North Carolina : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 8,306 3,768 61,496 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,280 3,770 61,496 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 7,915 3,600 61,496 : North Dakota : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 15,363 7,049 93,100 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 14,369 6,392 93,100 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 14,679 6,656 93,100 : Ohio : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 14,688 6,593 79,900 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 13,185 5,889 79,900 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 14,021 6,324 79,900 : Pennsylvania : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 11,449 5,221 78,500 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,575 5,294 78,500 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 11,740 5,360 78,500 : Texas : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 13,459 6,255 91,500 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 13,212 6,104 92,000 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 13,745 6,363 92,000 : Other States 1/ : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 11,183 5,248 78,407 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,717 5,485 78,407 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 11,469 5,429 78,407 : United States : October 2020 - December 2020....................: 231,476 106,987 1,585,310 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 230,807 106,161 1,585,762 October 2021 - December 2021....................: 234,761 108,060 1,585,762 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: October 2021 - December 2021 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item :October - December 2020 : July - September 2021 :October - December 2021 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All wheat : Wheat ground for flour ............1,000 bushels: 231,476 230,807 234,761 Flour production ......................1,000 cwt: 106,987 106,161 108,060 Whole wheat flour production.........1,000 cwt: 4,852 4,974 5,264 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,655,982 1,683,426 1,697,293 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,585,310 1,585,762 1,585,762 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour.............1,000 bushels: 214,176 215,146 218,851 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 98,784 98,856 100,518 Whole wheat production...............1,000 cwt: 4,705 4,736 4,909 Millfeed production.........................tons: 1,539,098 1,579,754 1,587,925 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 1,453,580 1,454,032 1,454,032 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina1,000 bushels: 17,300 15,661 15,910 Durum flour and semolina production....1,000 cwt: 8,203 7,305 7,542 Whole wheat durum flour : and semolina production............1,000 cwt: 147 238 355 Millfeed production.........................tons: 116,884 103,672 109,368 Daily 24-hour capacity.......................cwt: 131,730 131,730 131,730 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 474 431 449 Flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 216 193 207 Millfeed production.........................tons: 959 (D) (D) 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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