Flour Milling Products ISSN: 2378-2498 Released November 2, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Special Note The Flour Milling Products publication is a product of NASS’s Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program. CAIR will provide a data series that was previously made available by the United States Census Bureau’s Current Industrial Reports (CIR) program but discontinued in 2011. For the details on the CAIR program see, http://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Current_Agricultural_Industrial_Reports. The format of the Flour Milling Products publication has been updated to include previous year. The data series began with the third quarter 2014 data. Starting with this issue, the tables include previous year for comparison. Highlights Third Quarter 2014, July through September, contained 92 days. Second Quarter 2015, April through June, contained 91 days. Third Quarter 2015, July through September, contained 92 days. All wheat ground for flour during the third quarter 2015 was 236.2 million bushels, up 4 percent from the second quarter 2015 grind of 227.5 million bushels and up 1 percent from the third quarter 2014 grind of 233.4 million bushels. All wheat ground is the sum of wheat, excluding durum, ground and durum wheat ground. Third quarter 2015 total flour production was 108.0 million hundredweight, up 3 percent from the second quarter 2015 and up 1 percent from the third quarter 2014. Whole wheat flour production at 5.9 million hundredweight during the third quarter 2015 accounted for 6 percent of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the third quarter 2015 was 1.71 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the third quarter 2015 was 1,619 thousand hundredweight. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the third quarter of 2015 totaled 16.1 million bushels, up 6 from the second quarter 2015 but down 2 percent from the third quarter 2014. Third quarter 2015 durum flour and semolina production was 7.4 million hundredweight, up 5 percent from the second quarter 2015 but down 6 percent from the third quarter 2014. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 338 thousand hundredweight, up 99 percent from 170 thousand hundredweight in the second quarter 2015 but down 17 percent from 407 thousand hundredweight from the third quarter 2014. Third quarter durum wheat millfeed production was 112.1 thousand tons and the daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 128 thousand hundredweight. Rye ground for flour during the third quarter of 2015 was 514 thousand bushels, down 2 percent from the second quarter 2015 and down 38 percent from the third quarter 2014. Rye flour production during the third quarter of 2015 was 243 thousand hundredweight, compared to 251 thousand hundredweight and 373 thousand hundredweight in the previous quarter and the same quarter previous year. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9 thousand hundredweight for the third quarter 2015. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2015 - September 2015 with Comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for flour : Wheat flour production :Daily (24-hour) capacity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 15,916 7,335 118,871 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 16,231 7,520 120,671 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 16,398 7,507 120,671 : Colorado and Oklahoma : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 8,387 3,906 59,300 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 7,698 3,677 59,300 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 7,930 3,753 59,300 : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 9,786 4,522 64,100 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 10,161 4,621 64,100 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 10,149 4,593 64,000 : Idaho and Montana : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 7,009 3,208 43,237 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 6,951 3,270 46,437 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 6,655 3,104 46,437 : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 21,384 9,873 132,472 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 21,002 9,806 144,452 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 22,156 10,223 144,452 : Iowa and Nebraska : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 9,766 4,468 64,376 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 8,997 4,086 64,376 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 9,177 4,159 64,376 : Kansas : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 14,978 6,842 112,400 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 13,911 6,400 116,032 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 16,035 7,326 116,032 : Kentucky and Tennessee : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 9,168 4,088 52,650 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 8,720 3,977 52,650 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 9,190 4,126 52,650 : Maryland and Virginia : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 7,615 3,398 52,192 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 7,531 3,374 52,192 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 7,628 3,348 52,192 : Michigan : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 5,361 2,415 38,700 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 5,655 2,602 39,200 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 5,394 2,444 39,200 : Minnesota : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 16,137 7,449 117,520 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 14,696 6,841 117,520 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 15,489 7,116 117,520 : Missouri : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 13,186 6,180 88,185 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 12,238 5,462 88,185 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 13,543 6,109 88,185 : New Jersey and New York : July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 15,368 6,883 102,230 April 2015 - June 2015 ...............: 14,059 6,699 102,230 July 2015 - September 2015 ...........: 14,888 6,858 102,230 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2015 - September 2015 with Comparisons (continued) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for flour : Wheat flour production :Daily (24-hour) capacity --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : North Carolina : July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 7,479 3,377 61,796 April 2015 - June 2015 ..............: 7,682 3,522 61,496 July 2015 - September 2015 ..........: 8,225 3,744 61,496 : North Dakota : July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 12,047 5,560 81,000 April 2015 - June 2015 ..............: 11,765 5,388 81,000 July 2015 - September 2015 ..........: 12,212 5,590 81,000 : Ohio : July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 13,594 6,050 89,800 April 2015 - June 2015 ..............: 13,848 6,329 90,100 July 2015 - September 2015 ..........: 14,692 6,587 86,700 : Oregon, Utah, and Washington : July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 10,233 4,793 81,564 April 2015 - June 2015 ..............: 10,579 5,003 83,971 July 2015 - September 2015 ..........: 10,817 5,005 83,971 : Pennsylvania : July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 13,371 6,104 93,880 April 2015 - June 2015 ..............: 13,075 5,988 93,880 July 2015 - September 2015 ..........: 12,894 5,870 93,880 : Texas : July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 11,299 5,146 77,350 April 2015 - June 2015 ..............: 12,035 5,542 77,300 July 2015 - September 2015 ..........: 11,887 5,401 77,300 : Other States 1/ : July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 11,327 5,229 69,237 April 2015 - June 2015 ..............: 10,633 5,007 67,807 July 2015 - September 2015 ..........: 10,830 5,099 67,807 : United States : July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 233,411 106,826 1,600,860 April 2015 - June 2015 ..............: 227,467 105,114 1,622,899 July 2015 - September 2015 ..........: 236,189 107,962 1,619,399 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: July 2015 - September 2015 with Comparisons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : July - September 2014 : April - June 2015 : July - September 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All wheat : Wheat ground for flour ........................1,000 bushels: 233,411 227,467 236,189 Flour production ..................................1,000 cwt: 106,826 105,114 107,962 Whole wheat flour production ....................1,000 cwt: 5,517 5,520 5,945 Millfeed production ....................................tons: 1,668,439 1,643,116 1,708,918 Daily 24-hour capacity ..................................cwt: 1,600,860 1,622,899 1,619,399 : Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour ........................1,000 bushels: 216,951 212,275 220,091 Flour production ..................................1,000 cwt: 98,916 98,042 100,516 Whole wheat production ..........................1,000 cwt: 5,110 5,350 5,607 Millfeed production ....................................tons: 1,562,474 1,538,002 1,596,855 Daily 24-hour capacity ..................................cwt: 1,474,213 1,495,152 1,491,652 : Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina ...........1,000 bushels: 16,460 15,192 16,098 Durum flour and semolina production ...............1,000 cwt: 7,910 7,072 7,446 Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production .1,000 cwt: 407 170 338 Millfeed production ....................................tons: 105,965 105,114 112,063 Daily 24-hour capacity ..................................cwt: 126,647 127,747 127,747 : Rye : Rye ground for flour ..........................1,000 bushels: 833 525 514 Flour production ..................................1,000 cwt: 373 251 243 Millfeed production ....................................tons: (D) (D) (D) Daily 24-hour capacity ..................................cwt: 9,365 9,365 9,365 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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. The first annual summary will be published in May of 2016. 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 Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov. Troy Joshua, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch.. (202) 720-6146 Scott Shimmin, Head, Environmental and Demographics Section............ (202) 720-0684 Stephanie Brennan - Field Crops Chemical Use ....................... 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