Milling & Baking News - June 2, 2009 - 42

Data

First-quarter flour output up in
11 states/groups and down in 10
WASHINGTON - Flour production
in 11 states and state/groupings in
the first quarter of 2009 increased
from January-March 2008, while 10
recorded decreases, according to the
Census Bureau in the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Presenting a "sea change" in the
ranking of geographical entities in the
first quarter, the January-March flour
output leader was Illinois, Indiana and
Wisconsin, followed in order by California, Minnesota, Ohio and Kansas.
Other ranking areas were New York
and New Jersey, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Nebraska and Iowa. A year
ago, for only the second time, Kansas
had not been the leading producer
of flour, replaced by the grouping of

Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Two
years ago for a brief time, California
and Hawaii (California currently is reported alone) was ahead of Kansas.
The North American Millers' Association provides funding to the Census
Bureau in support of the compilations
of these statistics.

Decreases for states/groupings
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin as well
as California and especially Kansas registered decreases in production from a year
ago, while Minnesota and Ohio were up.
Among other ranking areas, New York
and New Jersey along with Missouri
were down, Pennsylvania along with
Nebraska and Iowa recorded gains.
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin in
the first quarter led in
state and grouping totals
at 7,882,000 cwts, down
Flour production by states
3.4% from 8,157,000 in
January-March 2008. It
Jan.-Mar. Oct.-Dec.
Jan.-Mar.
accounted for 7.8% of
2009
2008
2008
U.S. production, against
(1,000 cwts)
8% a year ago.
In second place, CaliAlabama and Louisiana
2,996
2,693
2,678
fornia mills produced
California
7,677
7,535
7,741
7,677,000 cwts, down
California and Hawaii
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0.8% from 7,741,000 a
Florida
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year back. It accounted
Georgia
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for 7.6% of the aggregate,
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina 4,553
4,512
4,798
the same as a year ago.
Illinois
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Third in rank was
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin
7,882
8,368
8,157
Minnesota at 7,286,000
Indiana
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cwts, up 3.5% from
Iowa
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7,041,000 in the first
Kansas
6,623
7,408
8,040
quarter of 2008. The
Michigan
1,805
2,174
1,875
state produced 7.3% of
Minnesota
7,286
7,363
7,041
the U.S. total, up from
Missouri
6,282
7,027
6,470
6.9% a year earlier.
Montana and Idaho
2,732
2,825
2,660
Ohio came in fourth at
Nebraska
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6,728,000 cwts, up 9.4%
Nebraska and Iowa
4,811
4,493
4,218
from 6,151,000 in JanNew York
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uary-March 2008. This
New York and New Jersey
6,512
6,955
6,862
represented 6.7% of the
North Carolina
3,443
3,796
3,439
national aggregate, up
North Dakota
4,671
4,787
4,665
from 6.1% a year back.
Ohio
6,728
6,452
6,151
Kansas in fifth place
Oklahoma
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turned out 6,623,000
Oklahoma and Colorado
3,179
3,630
3,295
cwts, down 17.6% from
Pennsylvania
5,728
5,950
5,558
8,040,000 in JanuaryTennessee
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March 2008. It accounted
Tennessee and Kentucky
3,384
3,673
3,705
for 6.6% of the national
Texas
4,768
4,936
4,639
total, down from 7.9% a
Utah
2,251
2,437
2,489
year back.
Virginia and Maryland
3,127
2,859
2,746
By regions Central
Washington and Oregon
2,065
2,245
1,983
states mills in the first
All other states
1,983
2,100
2,172
quarter led with output
United States
100,486
104,218
101,382
of 22,697,000 cwts, or
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22.6% of the U.S. total,
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up 0.2% from 22,653,000, or 22.3%, a
year ago.
Hard winter mills came in at
19,381,000 cwts, or 19.3%, down 4%
from 20,192,000, or 19.9%, in the first
quarter of 2008.
Southern states totaled 17,503,000
cwts, or 17.4%, up 0.8% from
17,366,000, or 17.1%, a year back.
Spring wheat states produced
14,689,000 cwts, or 14.6%, up 2.2%
from 14,366,000, or 14.2%, in the first
quarter of 2008.
Eastern mills in the first quarter of
2009 produced 12,240,000 cwts, or
12.2%, down 1.4% from 12,420,000, or
12.3%, a year ago.
Western units turned out 11,993,000
cwts, or 11.9%, down 1.8% from
12,213,000, or 12%, a year ago.
Flour output down 0.9% in Q1
U.S. flour production in the first
quarter of 2009 totaled 100,486,000
cwts, down 0.9% from 101,382,000 in
the first quarter of 2008.
Mills in all the states for which the
Census Bureau does not issue separate
reports - to avoid disclosure of individual company data - produced in
January-March 2009 a total of 1,983,000
cwts, down 8.7% from 2,172,000 a year
back. As a result of recent revisions,
"all other" now includes only Arizona,
Hawaii, Maine and Massachusetts.
Nebraska and Iowa output climbs
Leading in first-quarter output increases from a year ago was Nebraska
and Iowa, up 14.1%, followed by Virginia and Maryland, up 13.9%; Alabama
and Louisiana, up 11.9%; Ohio, up 9.4%;
Washington and Oregon, up 4.1%; Minnesota, up 3.5%; Pennsylvania, up 3.1%;
Texas, up 2.8%; Montana and Idaho,
up 2.7%; and North Dakota as well as
North Carolina, both up 0.1%.
The sharpest output decrease by
a wide margin was in Kansas, down
17.6%, followed by Utah, down 9.6%;
Tennessee and Kentucky, down 8.7%;
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina
as well as New York and New Jersey,
both were down 5.1%; Michigan, down
3.7%; Oklahoma and Colorado, down
3.5%; Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin,
down 3.4%; Missouri, down 2.9% and
California, down 0.8%.
Daily capacity mostly flat
National daily flour milling capacity in the first quarter, at 1,531,189 cwts,
was up 500 from the fourth-quarter
2008 benchmark levels at 1,530,689.
California was up 1,500 and Missouri
was down 1,000. MBN
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