Milling & Baking News - May 19, 2009 - 38

Flour data points to expanding share
for Southern and Central states mills
WASHINGTON - New data from the
U.S. Census Bureau's flour production
summary for 2008 once again pointed
to an increase in the share of output
in the Southern and Central, offset by
varied and relatively small decreases
in other areas. Improved coverage of
output by states and regions generated
by recent Census data revisions provide new insights into output changes
among areas. Caution in interpreting
these data is also suggested by limited
comparisons with past production.
The Census currently provides flour
output statistics for 21 geographical
entities with data complete for 2008
and 2007, while comparable numbers
for 2006 are only partially provided.
The latter were held back to avoid revealing output by individual mills.
Milling & Baking News has divided
the country into six geographical regions - Central states, hard winter,
spring wheat, Southern, Eastern and
Western.
Central states mills, including Missouri, led the nation in flour production during 2008, accounting for

94,095,000 cwts, or 22.6%, of the U.S.
aggregate. Central states output was
up from 92,077,000 in 2007 when it
produced 22%, and from 86,905,000 in
2006 when it was 21.5%.
Ranking second in output share in
2008 but down from 2007 were hard
winter mills in the Southwest, turning
out 84,518,000 cwts, or 20.3%, of the
national total, down from 85,657,000,
or 20.5%, in the prior year.
Southern mills ground 70,390,000
cwts, or 16.9%, in 2008, up from
68,860,000 in 2007 when the region
produced 16.4%. It also was up from
65,633,000 in 2006, when the Southern
share was 16.3%.
Spring wheat mills produced
58,348,000 cwts in the year, accounting
for 14%, which in turn was down from
62,152,000 in 2007 when the share
of output by mills in spring wheat
states was 14.8%. It still was up from
57,510,000 in 2006 when it was 14.3%.
Eastern mills in 2008 turned out
50,873,000 cwts, or 12.2%, down from
51,873,000, or 12.2%, in 2007.
Western mills were at 49,275,000

cwts, or 11.8%, in 2008, down from
50,515,000, or 12.1%, in 2007.
Flour production in 11 states and
state groupings in 2008 increased
over 2007, while 10 registered decreases, according to the summary of
data from the Census Bureau of the
U.S. Department of Commerce. The
preliminary data for 2008 available
in February also showed the same
breakdown. Preliminary state production for the year is based on quarterly output reports.
Most state and state groupings
showed no change from the preliminary. Leading in 2008 output increases
over 2007 was Virginia and Maryland,
posting a gain of 8.2%, followed by
North Carolina, 7.8%; and Alabama
and Louisiana, 6.7%. Ohio was up
5.5% against a preliminary gain of 5%;
Tennessee and Kentucky rose 3.4%, up
from a preliminary gain of 0.5%; Michigan was unchanged at 2.6%; Texas
was at 2.4%, up from 1.9%; Missouri
was unchanged at 1.9% and the rest
showed no change, including Nebraska and Iowa at 1.4%.; Pennsylvania at
0.9%, and Utah at 0.5%.
All of the decreases were the
same as the preliminary numbers.
The sharpest decrease was in North

Annual flour production and output

Geographic area
United States
Alabama and Louisiana
California
Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina
Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana and Idaho
Nebraska and Iowa
New York and New Jersey
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma and Colorado
Pennsylvania
Tennessee and Kentucky
Texas
Utah
Virginia and Maryland
Washington and Oregon
All other states 1/

2008
Wheat flour production
Daily
Daily
total
(24-hour)
(1,000
capacity Rate of
cwt sacks) (cwt sacks) grind
416,283
1,530,689 88.3%
11,056
30,458
18,574
2,635
32,842
8,058
28,892
27,612
11,079
18,298
27,388
14,719
18,377
25,790
14,243
23,485
15,095
19,135
10,359
10,946
8,458
8,784

35,900
106,750
66,850
103,400
127,130
30,700
114,310
102,000
36,980
66,565
99,460
58,275
77,280
83,000
53,700
81,700
51,775
79,850
40,550
44,384
31,180
38,950

100.0%
92.6%
90.2%
102.5%
83.9%
85.2%
82.1%
87.9%
97.3%
89.2%
89.4%
82.0%
77.2%
100.9%
86.1%
93.3%
94.7%
77.8%
82.9%
80.1%
88.1%
73.2%

2007
Wheat flour production
Daily
Daily
total
(24-hour)
(1,000
capacity
Rate of
cwt sacks) (cwt sacks)
grind
418,836
1,534,657
88.9%
10,364
31,485
20,134
32,682
34,614
7,855
30,186
27,104
11,752
18,054
27,777
13,651
20,214
24,436
14,294
23,268
14,593
18,695
10,308
10,118
8,722
8,530

31,238
108,750
68,150
103,500
147,130
30,700
115,310
102,000
36,980
63,045
99,060
58,275
77,280
81,800
50,600
87,200
46,775
71,750
40,600
44,384
31,180
38,950

108.1%
94.3%
96.2%
102.9%
76.6%
83.3%
85.3%
86.6%
103.5%
93.3%
91.3%
76.3%
85.2%
97.3%
92.0%
86.9%
101.6%
84.9%
82.7%
74.3%
91.1%
71.3%

2006
Wheat flour production
Daily
Daily
Total
(24-hour)
(1,000
capacity Rate of
cwt sacks) (cwt sacks) grind
403,391
1,506,016 87.5%
10,089
(D)
18,887
31,149
35,264
7,201
27,102
24,646
11,077
(D)
(D)
12,884
19,331
23,909
13,437
22,495
13,371
19,025
10,897
10,402
8,287
8,297

31,238
(D)
68,150
103,500
146,833
30,700
114,950
102,000
36,930
(D)
(D)
58,275
75,800
81,800
50,600
87,300
46,795
71,400
39,800
39,740
31,000
38,950

105.5%
(D)
90.6%
98.4%
78.5%
76.7%
77.0%
79.0%
98.0%
(D)
(D)
72.3%
83.3%
95.5%
86.8%
84.2%
93.4%
87.1%
89.5%
85.5%
87.4%
69.6%

D/Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.
1/All other states include Arizona, Hawaii, Maine, and Massachusetts.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

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