Wheat Use in Flour Rises
WASHINGTON - Nov 2/15 - SNS -- All wheat ground for flour during the third quarter 2015 was 236.2 million bushels, up 4% from the second quarter 2015 grind of 227.5 million bushels and up 1% from the third quarter 2014 grind of 233.4 million bushels, according to the USDA.
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% from the second quarter 2015 and up 1% from the third quarter 2014.
Whole wheat flour production at 5.9 million hundredweight during the third quarter 2015 accounted for 6% 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.
All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2015 - September 2015
with Comparisons
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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
:
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
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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
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All Wheat Ground, Flour Production, and Capacity - Regions and United States: July 2015 - September 2015 with
Comparisons (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
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
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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 2015 - September 2015 with Comparisons
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Item : July - September 2014 : April - June 2015 : July - September 2015
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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
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
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