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FLOUR PRODUCTION BY STATE, STATE GROUPS
Per cent
Apr.-June
2022
(1,000 cwts)
Pennsylvania
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington
North Dakota
California
Ohio
New Jersey and New York
Minnesota
Missouri
North Carolina
Texas
Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
Kentucky and Tennessee
Kansas
Michigan
Colorado and Oklahoma
Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina
Maryland and Virginia
Iowa and Nebraska
Other states1
Total
4,957
7,631
7,101
7,457
5,940
6,454
5,169
5,560
3,682
6,303
11,805
4,130
7,474
2,681
3,663
4,424
3,294
4,328
5,354
107,407
change from
year ago
-4.2%
-0.9%
-0.6%
-0.3%
0.6%
0.6%
0.9%
1.8%
1.8%
3.0%
4.4%
5.1%
5.6%
6.0%
6.8%
6.8%
13.3%
18.1%
-1.2%
2.8%
2022
operating
rate
82.5%
79.0%
92.1%
89.2%
96.5%
82.6%
83.8%
77.8%
77.8%
89.0%
93.9%
94.1%
86.8%
87.7%
85.3%
92.7%
87.9%
100.6%
88.7%
87.6%
1Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maine, and Louisiana combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
Source: US Department of Agriculture, NASS
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grind averaged 79% in the second quarter
against 81% in the first quarter and 79.9%
a year back. This state grouping represented
7.1% of the national outturn in
April-June, against 7.2% in the first quarter
and 7.5% a year ago.
In third place narrowly was Kansas,
passing California and turning out
7,474,000 cwts, up 7.5% from 6,954,000
a year ago. It was up 1.1% from 7,395,000
cwts in the first quarter. Grind rate in
Kansas in the current quarter was 86.8%,
against 86.6%% in the first quarter and
81.3% a year ago. The state represented
7% of the national output in the second
Whole wheat flour production
sinks 7% in second quarter
WASHINGTON - Production of whole
wheat flour in the second quarter of 2022
totaled 4,536,000 cwts, down 330,000
in 1,000 cwts
Whole wheat flour production
Change from year earlier
Trailing four quarter average
Whole wheat semolina production
Change from year earlier
Percent change from year earlier
Whole wheat flour ex-semolina
Change from year earlier
Percent change from year earlier
Source: US Department of Agriculture, NASS
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Jan.-Mar.
2020
5,890
7.1%
22,631
171
21
14.0%
5,719
317
6.9%
cwts, or 7%, from 4,866,000 cwts in the
same period in 2021, according to data
issued Aug. 1 by the National Agricultural
WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR PRODUCTION
Apr.-June
2020
4,471
-15.2%
21,831
164
30
22.4%
4,307
-830
-16.2%
July-Sept.
2020
4,908
134
-66
-33.0%
4,774
-539
Oct.-Dec.
2020
4,852
-11.0% -18.5%
21,226
20,121
147
-13
-8.1%
4,705
-1,092
-10.1% -18.8%
Jan.-Mar.
2021
4,860
-17.5%
19,091
143
-28
-16.4%
4,717
-1,002
-17.5%
Apr.-June
2021
4,866
8.8%
19,486
147
-17
-10.4%
4,719
412
9.6%
July-Sept.
2021
4,974
1.3%
19,552
238
104
77.6%
4,736
-38
-0.8%
Oct.-Dec.
2021
5,088
4.9%
19,788
179
32
21.8%
4,909
204
4.3%
Jan.-Mar.
2022
5,250
8.0%
20,178
95
-48
-33.6%
5,155
438
9.3%
Apr.-June
2022
4,536
-6.8%
19,848
84
-63
-42.9%
4,452
-267
-5.7%
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2021
operating
rate
86.7%
79.9%
92.7%
89.5%
96.0%
82.0%
82.9%
76.0%
75.9%
86.0%
89.5%
89.0%
81.3%
81.7%
78.5%
85.8%
74.7%
82.5%
89.9%
84.8%
quarter, compared with 6.9% in the first
quarter and 7.5% a year ago.
California narrowly ranked fourth
at 7,457,000 cwts and North Dakota fifth
at 7,101,000 cwts. They were followed
by New Jersey and New York, 6,454,000
cwts; Texas, 6,303,000; Ohio, 5,940,000;
Missouri, 5,560,000; Minnesota, 5,169,000;
Pennsylvania, 4,957,000; Florida, Georgia,
and South Carolina, 4,424,000; Iowa
and Nebraska, 4,328,000; Kentucky and
Tennessee, 4,130,000; North Carolina,
3,682,000; Colorado and Oklahoma,
3,663,000; Maryland and Virginia,
3,294,000; and Michigan, 2,681,000. Other
states were at 5,354,000 cwts.
US total capacity in April-June was
1,592,330 cwts, a decrease of 8,000 from
1,600,330 in the first quarter and an
increase of 9,668 cwts over 1,582,662 a
year ago. Capacity in most states and state
groupings remained unchanged. Changes
such as they were are highlighted by
North Dakota gaining 7,000 cwts from the
first quarter; Florida, Georgia and South
Carolina, down 13,500 cwts from January-March
but up 3,000 cwts from AprilJune
2022. In the first quarter of 2022,
capacity in Florida, Georgia and South
Carolina was up 17,500 cwts from the final
quarter of last year.
Capacity in Kansas was down 500 cwts
from the first quarter of 2022 but up 668
cwts from a year earlier. Capacity in
Colorado and Oklahoma was unchanged
from the first quarter, but down 1,000
cwts from a year back. MBN
Statistics Service of the US Department of
Agriculture.
At 4,536,000 cwts, second-quarter production
exceeded outturn of 4,471,000 cwts
in the peak COVID-19 quarter of 2020 but fell
well shy of 5,271,000 cwts in 2019, 5,386,000
cwts in 2018 and 5,350,000 cwts in 2017.
Whole wheat flour production
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