Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released November 1, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights Third Quarter 2020, July through September, contained 92 days. Second Quarter 2021, April through June, contained 91 days. Third Quarter 2021, July through September, contained 92 days. All wheat ground for flour during the third quarter 2021 was 231 million bushels, up 3 percent from the second quarter 2021 grind of 223 million bushels but down 1 percent from the third quarter 2020 grind of 234 million bushels. Third quarter 2021 total flour production was 106 million hundredweight, up 3 percent from the second quarter 2021 but down 2 percent from the third quarter 2020. Whole wheat flour production at 4.97 million hundredweight during the third quarter 2021 accounted for 5 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the third quarter 2021 was 1.68 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the third quarter 2021 was 1.59 million hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the third quarter of 2021 totaled 15.7 million bushels, up 2 percent from the second quarter 2021 but down 11 percent from the third quarter 2020. Third quarter 2021 durum flour and semolina production was 7.31 million hundredweight, up 1 percent from the second quarter 2021 but down 12 percent from the third quarter 2020. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 238,000 hundredweight, up 62 percent from 147,000 hundredweight in the second quarter 2021 and up 78 percent from 134,000 hundredweight in the third quarter 2020. Third quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 103,672 tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 131,730 hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the third quarter of 2021 was 431,000 bushels, down 3 percent from the second quarter 2021 and down 5 percent from the third quarter 2020. Rye flour production during the third quarter of 2021 was 193,000 hundredweight, compared to 201,000 hundredweight in the previous quarter and 210,000 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 2021. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2021 - September 2021 with Comparisons ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for : Wheat flour : Daily (24-hour) : flour : production : capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,640 7,699 120,400 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 16,083 7,483 108,600 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,444 7,608 108,600 : Colorado and Oklahoma : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 7,731 3,743 58,280 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 7,194 3,431 58,280 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,047 3,812 58,280 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,908 4,085 59,000 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 8,595 3,899 59,000 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 9,387 4,207 59,000 : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,244 7,686 127,187 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 16,499 7,716 125,387 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,114 7,579 125,387 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 25,615 12,106 163,252 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 23,934 11,253 163,252 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 25,083 11,663 163,252 : Iowa and Nebraska : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,419 3,866 55,894 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 7,834 3,550 55,894 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,220 3,721 55,894 : Kansas : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 16,240 7,623 111,132 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 14,698 6,954 111,132 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 16,029 7,445 111,132 : Kentucky and Tennessee : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,887 4,148 57,000 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 8,365 3,908 57,000 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,803 4,075 57,000 : Maryland and Virginia : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 6,373 2,905 48,692 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 6,149 2,797 48,644 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 6,742 3,041 48,644 : Michigan : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 5,557 2,486 39,700 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 5,571 2,499 39,700 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 5,722 2,556 39,700 : Minnesota : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 12,176 5,652 80,120 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 10,919 5,113 80,120 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,421 5,320 80,120 : Missouri : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,641 6,248 92,800 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 11,679 5,431 92,800 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 12,162 5,604 92,800 : New Jersey and New York : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,488 6,481 102,550 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 13,820 6,408 102,550 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 14,295 6,596 102,550 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2021 - September 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 : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 8,216 3,695 61,496 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 7,917 3,596 61,496 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 8,280 3,770 61,496 : North Dakota : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 15,739 7,125 93,100 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 14,930 6,648 93,100 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 14,369 6,392 93,100 : Ohio : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 14,101 6,303 88,400 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 13,004 5,905 79,900 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 13,185 5,889 79,900 : Pennsylvania : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 11,759 5,360 78,500 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 11,393 5,209 78,500 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,575 5,294 78,500 : Texas : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 13,296 6,143 91,500 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 13,177 6,092 92,000 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 13,212 6,104 92,000 : Other States 1/ : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 11,160 5,229 78,407 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 11,528 5,428 78,407 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 11,717 5,485 78,407 : United States : July 2020 - September 2020......................: 234,190 108,583 1,607,410 April 2021 - June 2021..........................: 223,289 103,320 1,585,762 July 2021 - September 2021......................: 230,807 106,161 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: July 2021 - September 2021 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : July - September 2020 : April - June 2021 : July - September 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All wheat : Wheat ground for flour...................1,000 bushels: 234,190 223,289 230,807 Flour production.............................1,000 cwt: 108,583 103,320 106,161 Whole wheat flour production...............1,000 cwt: 4,908 4,866 4,974 Millfeed production...............................tons: 1,678,897 1,627,509 1,683,426 Daily 24-hour capacity.............................cwt: 1,607,410 1,585,762 1,585,762 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour...............1,000 bushels: 216,681 207,979 215,146 Flour production.........................1,000 cwt: 100,279 96,073 98,856 Whole wheat production.................1,000 cwt: 4,774 4,719 4,736 Millfeed production...........................tons: 1,560,317 1,522,071 1,579,754 Daily 24-hour capacity.........................cwt: 1,475,680 1,454,032 1,454,032 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina..1,000 bushels: 17,509 15,310 15,661 Durum flour and semolina production......1,000 cwt: 8,304 7,247 7,305 Whole wheat durum flour and : semolina production.................1,000 cwt: 134 147 238 Millfeed production...........................tons: 118,580 105,438 103,672 Daily 24-hour capacity.........................cwt: 131,730 131,730 131,730 : Rye : Rye ground for flour...................1,000 bushels: 452 444 431 Flour production...........................1,000 cwt: 210 201 193 Millfeed production.............................tons: 848 890 (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. 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. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch................................................ 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