CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS FLOUR MILLING - OCTOBER 1996 M20A(96)-10 ISSUED NOVEMBER 1996 CONTACT: RONANNE MCCONKEY 301-457-4647 Table 1. Summary of Wheat Flour Milling: 1994 to 1996 Wheat flour production Daily 24-hour Month and Year calendar Wheat ground Millfeed capacity in Wheat flour month total for flour production wheat flour/1 mill stocks/1 (1,000 cwt) (1,000 bushels) (tons) (1,000 cwt) (1,000 cwt) Year-to-date 1996... 331,630 735,948 6,000,298 (X) (X) Year-to-date 1995... 324,101 724,532 5,941,655 (X) (X) 1996/2 October.................. 37,336 83,093 661,379 (NA) (NA) September................ 34,601 75,507 605,371 1,405 5,758 August................... 35,451 77,749 629,831 (NA) (NA) July..................... 33,756 73,925 604,389 (NA) (NA) June..................... 30,533 67,936 552,698 1,404 5,819 May...................... 33,093 72,830 603,208 (NA) (NA) April.................... 31,129 69,601 569,017 (NA) (NA) March.................... 32,093 72,353 594,232 1,414 6,516 February................. 32,176 72,607 596,273 (NA) (NA) January.................. 31,462 70,347 583,900 (NA) (NA) 1995/2 Total............... 388,689 869,296 7,144,328 (X) (X) December................. 31,178 70,014 583,253 1,413 6,869 November................. 33,410 74,750 619,420 (NA) (NA) October.................. 35,071 78,376 655,356 (NA) (NA) September................ 32,975 74,156 617,189 1,396 6,582 August................... 34,489 77,784 649,195 (NA) (NA) July..................... 31,041 69,794 575,081 (NA) (NA) June..................... 32,277 71,949 588,037 1,405 6,312 May...................... 33,508 74,709 605,668 (NA) (NA) April.................... 29,919 66,591 538,419 (NA) (NA) March.................... 34,538 76,938 623,022 1,398 6,496 February................. 29,385 65,249 527,454 (NA) (NA) January.................. 30,898 68,986 562,234 (NA) (NA) 1994 Total............... 392,519 884,707 7,185,908 (X) (X) December................. 31,674 71,101 577,717 1,380 7,060 November................. 33,697 75,860 618,388 (NA) (NA) October.................. 34,963 77,850 639,025 (NA) (NA) September................ 34,159 76,296 627,620 1,371 6,020 August................... 34,915 78,653 645,551 (NA) (NA) July..................... 30,516 68,885 562,104 (NA) (NA) June..................... 31,145 70,555 575,985 1,359 5,834 May...................... 32,236 73,035 590,476 (NA) (NA) April.................... 32,295 73,002 585,451 (NA) (NA) March.................... 35,879 81,096 650,085 1,378 5,904 February................. 30,154 68,327 547,932 (NA) (NA) January.................. 30,886 70,047 565,574 (NA) (NA) 1/Collected quarterly. 2/Data for 1996 and 1995 have been revised based on the 1995 Summary report for this series, M20A(95)-13, Flour Milling Products, issued May 3, 1996. NA Not available. X Not applicable. Table 2. Quantity of Durum Wheat and Rye Flour Production, Grain Consumption, Mill Stocks, and Capacity: 1995 and 1996 Unit of Product description Measure October 1996 September 1996 October 1995/2 Durum Wheat: Durum wheat ground..............1,000 bushels.. 6,418 5,791 6,662 Straight semolina durum flour...1,000 cwt. .... 3,035 2,696 3,080 Blended semolina durum flour....1,000 cwt. .... - - - Rye: Rye ground for flour............1,000 bushels.. 349 318 (D) Rye flour production............1,000 cwt. .... 152 133 (D) Rye millfeed production.........Tons........... (D) (D) 1,578 Rye flour stocks (1)............1,000 cwt. .... (NA) 15 (NA) 24 hour capacity (1)............1,000 cwt. .... (NA) 11 (NA) 1/Collected quarterly. 2/Data for 1995 have been revised based on the 1995 Summary report for this series, M20A(95)-13, Flour Milling Products, issued May 3, 1996. D Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. NA Not available. - Represents zero. Note: Data include estimates for small mills. These data exclude all flour blended by macaroni and spaghetti manufacturers, etc., as such activities are not within the scope of this survey. This survey includes only mills engaged in milling flour or meal. Table 3. Quantity of Wheat Ground for Flour, Wheat Flour Production, and Capacity, by State: 1995 and 1996 October 1996 September 1996 October 1995/1 Wheat Wheat Wheat Geographic area ground Wheat ground Wheat ground Wheat for flour flour for flour flour for flour flour (1,000 production (1,000 production (1,000 production bushels) (1,000 cwt.) bushels) (1,000 cwt.) bushels) (1,000 cwt.) United States......... 83,093 37,336 75,507 34,601 78,376 35,071 California and Hawaii.. 6,007 2,707 5,555 2,548 5,746 2,612 Florida................ 1,832 802 1,596 705 1,499 663 Georgia................ (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois............... 4,281 1,889 3,655 1,646 3,993 1,729 Indiana................ (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Iowa................... (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas................. 8,254 3,662 7,731 3,612 7,964 3,495 Michigan............... 1,789 793 1,549 689 1,752 782 Minnesota.............. 7,172 3,280 6,847 3,161 7,466 3,417 Missouri............... 6,139 2,748 5,333 2,551 5,792 2,686 New York............... 6,083 2,711 5,700 2,629 5,722 2,611 North Carolina......... 2,509 1,158 2,178 1,053 2,213 997 Ohio................... 5,198 2,319 4,549 2,043 5,276 2,329 Oklahoma............... 1,991 854 1,876 859 1,955 845 Oregon and Washington.. 2,899 1,301 2,626 1,232 2,813 1,251 Pennsylvania........... 3,263 1,468 2,924 1,315 3,048 1,358 Tennessee.............. 2,755 1,265 2,774 1,222 2,989 1,322 Texas.................. 3,103 1,394 2,916 1,310 2,887 1,248 All other States....... 14,508 6,650 12,858 5,857 12,469 5,659 1/Data for 1995 have been revised based on the 1995 Summary report for this series, M20A(95)-13, Flour Milling Products, issued May 3, 1996. D Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies.