USDA Flour Milling Report
WASHINGTON - May 1/15 - SNS -- All wheat ground for flour during the first quarter of 2015 was 225.3 million bushels, down from the fourth quarter of 2014 grind of 235.9 million bushels and down from the third quarter of 2014 grind of 233.4 million bushels, reports the USDA.
All wheat ground is the sum of wheat, excluding durum, ground and durum wheat ground. First quarter 2015 total flour production was 103.1 million hundredweight, down 5% from the fourth quarter 2014 and down 3% from the third quarter 2014. Whole wheat flour production at 6.1 million hundredweight during the first quarter 2015 accounted for 6% of the total flour production. Millfeed production from wheat in the first quarter 2015 was 1.60 million tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity of wheat flour during the first quarter 2015 was 1,602 thousand hundredweight.
Durum wheat ground for flour and semolina production during the first quarter of 2015 totaled 16.3 million bushels, down 3% from the fourth quarter of 2014 and down 1% from in the third quarter of 2014. First quarter 2015 durum flour and semolina production was 7.7 million hundredweight, down 5% from the fourth quarter 2014 and down 3% from the third quarter 2014. Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production was 155 thousand hundredweight, down from 313 thousand hundredweight in the fourth quarter 2014 and down 407 thousand hundredweight from the third quarter 2014. Durum wheat millfeed production was 111.9 thousand tons. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for durum and semolina production was 127 thousand hundredweight for the previous three quarters.
Rye ground for flour during the first quarter of 2015 was 544 thousand bushels, down 4% from the fourth quarter of 2014 and down 35% from the third quarter of 2014. Rye flour production during the first quarter of 2015 was 256 thousand hundredweight, down from 269 thousand hundredweight and 373 thousand hundredweight in the previous two quarters. The daily 24-hour milling capacity for rye milling was 9 thousand hundredweight for the first quarter 2015.
All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2014 - March 2015
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Region : Wheat ground for flour : Wheat flour production :Daily (24-hour) capacity
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: 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt
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California :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 15,916 7,335 118,871
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 16,109 7,504 118,871
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 15,643 7,389 118,871
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Colorado and Oklahoma :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 8,387 3,906 59,300
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 8,096 3,818 59,300
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 7,567 3,572 59,300
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Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 9,786 4,522 64,100
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 9,733 4,605 64,100
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 11,348 5,138 64,100
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Idaho and Montana :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 7,009 3,208 43,237
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 6,798 3,057 43,237
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 6,635 3,025 43,437
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Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 21,384 9,873 132,472
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 22,096 10,173 132,472
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 21,137 9,718 132,472
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Iowa and Nebraska :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 9,766 4,468 64,376
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 9,005 4,208 64,376
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 8,751 3,993 64,376
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Kansas :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 14,978 6,842 112,400
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 15,239 6,997 112,232
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 13,626 6,293 112,832
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Kentucky and Tennessee :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 9,168 4,088 52,650
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 9,138 4,135 52,650
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 9,363 4,265 52,650
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Maryland and Virginia :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 7,615 3,398 52,192
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 7,501 3,381 52,120
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 7,707 3,427 52,192
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Michigan :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 5,361 2,415 38,700
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 5,839 2,597 38,700
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 5,398 2,399 39,200
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Minnesota :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 16,137 7,449 117,520
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 16,677 7,665 117,520
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 14,626 6,681 117,520
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Missouri :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 13,186 6,180 88,185
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 14,057 6,527 88,185
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 12,266 5,514 88,185
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New Jersey and New York :
July 2014 - September 2014 ...........: 15,368 6,883 102,230
October 2014 - December 2014 .........: 14,943 6,917 102,230
January 2015 - March 2015 ............: 14,076 6,583 102,230
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All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2014 - March 2015 (continued)
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Region : Wheat ground for flour : Wheat flour production :Daily (24-hour) capacity
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: 1,000 bushels 1,000 cwt cwt
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North Carolina :
July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 7,479 3,377 61,796
October 2014 - December 2014 ........: 7,698 3,518 61,796
January 2015 - March 2015 ...........: 7,075 3,230 61,596
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North Dakota :
July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 12,047 5,560 81,000
October 2014 - December 2014 ........: 11,725 5,301 81,000
January 2015 - March 2015 ...........: 11,778 5,267 80,750
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Ohio :
July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 13,594 6,050 89,800
October 2014 - December 2014 ........: 14,552 6,392 89,800
January 2015 - March 2015 ...........: 14,159 6,306 89,800
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Oregon, Utah, and Washington :
July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 10,233 4,793 81,564
October 2014 - December 2014 ........: 10,813 5,118 82,835
January 2015 - March 2015 ...........: 10,002 4,702 82,311
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Pennsylvania :
July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 13,371 6,104 93,880
October 2014 - December 2014 ........: 13,058 5,966 93,880
January 2015 - March 2015 ...........: 12,268 5,580 93,880
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Texas :
July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 11,299 5,146 77,350
October 2014 - December 2014 ........: 11,526 5,315 77,300
January 2015 - March 2015 ...........: 11,414 5,266 77,700
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Other States 1/ :
July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 11,327 5,229 69,237
October 2014 - December 2014 ........: 11,318 5,182 68,837
January 2015 - March 2015 ...........: 10,450 4,768 68,837
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United States :
July 2014 - September 2014 ..........: 233,411 106,826 1,600,860
October 2014 - December 2014 ........: 235,921 108,376 1,601,441
January 2015 - March 2015 ...........: 225,289 103,116 1,602,239
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1/ Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
Flour Milling Production, and Capacity - United States: July 2014 - March 2015
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Item : July - September 2014 :October - December 2014: January - March 2015
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All wheat :
Wheat ground for flour ........................1,000 bushels: 233,411 235,921 225,289
Flour production ..................................1,000 cwt: 106,826 108,376 103,116
Whole wheat flour production ....................1,000 cwt: 5,517 5,449 6,122
Millfeed production ....................................tons: 1,668,439 1,683,479 1,601,309
Daily 24-hour capacity ..................................cwt: 1,600,860 1,601,441 1,602,239
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Wheat, excluding durum :
Wheat ground for flour ........................1,000 bushels: 216,951 219,028 208,979
Flour production ..................................1,000 cwt: 98,916 100,319 95,433
Whole wheat production ..........................1,000 cwt: 5,110 5,136 5,967
Millfeed production ....................................tons: 1,562,474 1,565,595 1,489,375
Daily 24-hour capacity ..................................cwt: 1,474,213 1,474,694 1,474,992
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Wheat, durum :
Wheat ground for flour and semolina ...........1,000 bushels: 16,460 16,893 16,310
Durum flour and semolina production ...............1,000 cwt: 7,910 8,057 7,683
Whole wheat durum flour and semolina production .1,000 cwt: 407 313 155
Millfeed production ....................................tons: 105,965 117,884 111,934
Daily 24-hour capacity ..................................cwt: 126,647 126,747 127,247
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Rye :
Rye ground for flour ..........................1,000 bushels: 833 567 544
Flour production ..................................1,000 cwt: 373 269 256
Millfeed production ....................................tons: (D) (D) (D)
Daily 24-hour capacity ..................................cwt: 9,365 9,365 9,365
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
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