United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9921 Flour Milling Products 2020 Summary May 2021 2020 Flour Milling Products As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2020 Annual Summary of the Flour Milling Products contains quarterly data and annual totals for 2020. All wheat ground for flour in 2020 was 918 million bushels, up 1 percent from 2019. The total flour production was 426 million hundredweight, up 1 percent from 2019. Total whole wheat flour production in 2020 was 20.1 million hundredweight, down 10 percent from 2019. Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production in 2020 was 71.6 million bushels, up 8 percent from 2019. The durum flour and semolina production was 33.8 million hundredweight, up 7 percent from 2019. Durum whole wheat flour and semolina production in 2020 was 616,000 hundredweight, down 4 percent from 2019. In 2020, Rye ground for flour was 1.78 million bushels, up 1 percent from 2019. Rye flour production was 829,000 hundredweight, down 2 percent from 2019. All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: 2020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for flour : Wheat flour production :Daily (24-hour) capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : California : January - March.................................: 17,488 8,172 120,400 April - June....................................: 16,438 7,657 120,400 July - September................................: 16,640 7,699 120,400 October - December..............................: 15,956 7,437 108,600 Total 2020......................................: 66,522 30,965 (X) : Colorado and Oklahoma : January - March.................................: 7,255 3,483 58,280 April - June....................................: 7,676 3,700 58,280 July - September................................: 7,731 3,743 58,280 October - December..............................: 8,047 3,827 58,280 Total 2020......................................: 30,709 14,753 (X) : Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina : January - March.................................: 9,243 4,249 59,000 April - June....................................: 7,632 3,530 59,000 July - September................................: 8,908 4,085 59,000 October - December..............................: 8,612 3,981 59,000 Total 2020......................................: 34,395 15,845 (X) : Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington : January - March.................................: 16,981 7,842 127,187 April - June....................................: 15,450 7,129 127,187 July - September................................: 16,244 7,686 127,187 October - December..............................: 15,738 7,353 125,387 Total 2020......................................: 64,413 30,010 (X) : Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin : January - March.................................: 24,827 11,663 163,252 April - June....................................: 22,932 10,953 163,252 July - September................................: 25,615 12,106 163,252 October - December..............................: 25,070 11,805 163,252 Total 2020......................................: 98,444 46,527 (X) : Iowa and Nebraska : January - March.................................: 8,843 3,952 55,894 April - June....................................: 8,517 3,909 55,894 July - September................................: 8,419 3,866 55,894 October - December..............................: 8,411 3,739 55,894 Total 2020......................................: 34,190 15,466 (X) : Kansas : January - March.................................: 15,247 7,197 111,132 April - June....................................: 16,073 7,489 111,132 July - September................................: 16,240 7,623 111,132 October - December..............................: 16,477 7,656 111,132 Total 2020......................................: 64,037 29,965 (X) : Kentucky and Tennessee : January - March.................................: 9,278 4,296 55,000 April - June....................................: 7,125 3,285 55,000 July - September................................: 8,887 4,148 57,000 October - December..............................: 8,884 4,096 57,000 Total 2020......................................: 34,174 15,825 (X) : Maryland and Virginia : January - March.................................: 6,321 2,871 48,692 April - June....................................: 6,038 2,733 48,692 July - September................................: 6,373 2,905 48,692 October - December..............................: 6,120 2,801 48,692 Total 2020......................................: 24,852 11,310 (X) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: 2020 (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for flour : Wheat flour production :Daily (24-hour) capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : Michigan : January - March.................................: 5,186 2,351 39,700 April - June....................................: 4,886 2,208 39,700 July - September................................: 5,557 2,486 39,700 October - December..............................: 5,675 2,542 39,700 Total 2020......................................: 21,304 9,587 (X) : Minnesota : January - March.................................: 11,822 5,506 94,220 April - June....................................: 10,946 5,099 94,120 July - September................................: 12,176 5,652 80,120 October - December..............................: 11,254 5,235 80,120 Total 2020......................................: 46,198 21,492 (X) : Missouri : January - March.................................: 13,423 6,220 92,800 April - June....................................: 14,369 6,722 92,800 July - September................................: 13,641 6,248 92,800 October - December..............................: 13,830 6,356 92,800 Total 2020......................................: 55,263 25,546 (X) : New Jersey and New York : January - March.................................: 13,255 6,288 102,550 April - June....................................: 11,667 5,640 102,550 July - September................................: 13,488 6,481 102,550 October - December..............................: 12,954 6,025 102,550 Total 2020......................................: 51,364 24,434 (X) : North Carolina : January - March.................................: 7,812 3,521 61,496 April - June....................................: 7,790 3,568 61,496 July - September................................: 8,216 3,695 61,496 October - December..............................: 8,306 3,768 61,496 Total 2020......................................: 32,124 14,552 (X) : North Dakota : January - March.................................: 14,431 6,557 93,500 April - June....................................: 13,906 6,315 93,500 July - September................................: 15,739 7,125 93,100 October - December..............................: 15,363 7,049 93,100 Total 2020......................................: 59,439 27,046 (X) : Ohio : January - March.................................: 13,827 6,216 88,400 April - June....................................: 14,036 6,298 88,400 July - September................................: 14,101 6,303 88,400 October - December..............................: 14,688 6,593 79,900 Total 2020......................................: 56,652 25,410 (X) : Pennsylvania : January - March.................................: 13,344 6,326 85,500 April - June....................................: 10,814 5,038 85,500 July - September................................: 11,759 5,360 78,500 October - December..............................: 11,449 5,221 78,500 Total 2020......................................: 47,366 21,945 (X) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: 2020 (continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region : Wheat ground for flour : Wheat flour production :Daily (24-hour) capacity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt : Texas : January - March.................................: 13,134 6,172 91,850 April - June....................................: 12,250 5,737 91,850 July - September................................: 13,296 6,143 91,500 October - December..............................: 13,459 6,255 91,500 Total 2020......................................: 52,139 24,307 (X) : Other States 1/ : January - March.................................: 11,293 5,295 78,407 April - June....................................: 10,757 5,040 78,407 July - September................................: 11,160 5,229 78,407 October - December..............................: 11,183 5,248 78,407 Total 2020......................................: 44,393 20,812 (X) : United States : January - March.................................: 233,010 108,177 1,627,260 April - June....................................: 219,302 102,050 1,627,160 July - September................................: 234,190 108,583 1,607,410 October - December..............................: 231,476 106,987 1,585,310 Total 2020......................................: 917,978 425,797 (X) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. 1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : January - : April - : July - : October - : Total : March : June : September : December : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All wheat : Wheat ground for flour...........................1,000 bushels: 233,010 219,302 234,190 231,476 917,978 Flour production.....................................1,000 cwt: 108,177 102,050 108,583 106,987 425,797 Whole wheat flour production.......................1,000 cwt: 5,890 4,471 4,908 4,852 20,121 Millfeed production.......................................tons: 1,654,872 1,557,553 1,678,897 1,655,982 6,547,304 Daily 24-hour capacity.....................................cwt: 1,627,260 1,627,160 1,607,410 1,585,310 (X) Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour.......................1,000 bushels: 215,694 199,866 216,681 214,176 846,417 Flour production.................................1,000 cwt: 100,037 92,895 100,279 98,784 391,995 Whole wheat production.........................1,000 cwt: 5,719 4,307 4,774 4,705 19,505 Millfeed production...................................tons: 1,537,672 1,425,065 1,560,317 1,539,098 6,062,152 Daily 24-hour capacity.................................cwt: 1,493,430 1,493,430 1,475,680 1,453,580 (X) Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour and semolina..........1,000 bushels: 17,316 19,436 17,509 17,300 71,561 Durum flour and semolina production..............1,000 cwt: 8,140 9,155 8,304 8,203 33,802 Whole wheat durum flour and : semolina production.........................1,000 cwt: 171 164 134 147 616 Millfeed production...................................tons: 117,200 132,488 118,580 116,884 485,152 Daily 24-hour capacity.................................cwt: 133,830 133,730 131,730 131,730 (X) Rye : Rye ground for flour...........................1,000 bushels: 524 333 452 474 1,783 Flour production...................................1,000 cwt: 244 159 210 216 829 Millfeed production.....................................tons: (D) 624 848 959 (D) Daily 24-hour capacity...................................cwt: 9,685 9,685 9,655 9,655 (X) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. 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. 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