CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS FLOUR MILLING - JANUARY 1997 M20A(97)-1 Issued March 6, 1997 Contact: Ronanne Vinson, 301-457-4647 Table 1. Summary of Wheat Flour Milling: 1994 to 1997 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 1997.. 31,136 70,040 564,778 (X) (X) Year-to-date 1996.. 31,462 70,347 583,900 (X) (X) 1997 January................. 31,136 70,040 564,778 (X) (X) 1996 Total.............. 396,170 881,511 7,172,654 (X) (X) December................ 31,760 71,592 578,814 1,409 6,059 November................ 32,847 73,995 593,945 (NA) (NA) October................. 37,269 83,069 660,976 (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) NA Not available. X Not applicable. (1) Collected quarterly. Table 2. Quantity of Durum Wheat and Rye Flour Production, Grain Consumption, Mill Stocks, and Capacity: 1996 and 1997 Unit of Product description Measure January 1997 December 1996 January 1996 Durum Wheat: Durum wheat ground..............1,000 bushels.. 5,857 5,451 5,755 Straight semolina durum flour...1,000 cwt. .... 2,819 2,570 2,616 Blended semolina durum flour....1,000 cwt. .... - - - Rye: Rye ground for flour............1,000 bushels.. 293 298 289 Rye flour production............1,000 cwt. .... 130 129 129 Rye millfeed production.........Tons........... 1,242 1,191 (D) Rye flour stocks (1)............1,000 cwt. .... (NA) 18 (NA) 24 hour capacity (1)............1,000 cwt. .... (NA) 11 (NA) D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. NA Not available. - Represents zero. (1) Collected quarterly. 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: 1996 and 1997 January 1997 December 1996 January 1996 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........ 70,040 31,136 71,592 31,760 70,347 31,462 California and Hawaii. 5,293 2,365 5,447 2,434 5,211 2,336 Florida............... 1,828 813 1,850 841 1,718 765 Georgia............... (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Illinois.............. 3,469 1,502 3,402 1,479 3,167 1,397 Indiana............... (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Iowa.................. (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Kansas................ 7,228 3,169 7,474 3,262 7,115 3,161 Michigan.............. 1,319 584 1,262 562 1,347 611 Minnesota............. 6,352 2,870 6,437 2,914 6,085 2,830 Missouri.............. 4,848 2,133 5,000 2,193 5,092 2,287 New York.............. 5,113 2,207 5,130 2,230 5,204 2,353 North Carolina........ 1,957 919 1,908 863 2,055 936 Ohio.................. 4,038 1,803 4,315 1,897 4,585 2,008 Oklahoma.............. 1,685 701 1,696 704 1,722 747 Oregon and Washington. 2,516 1,094 2,395 1,032 2,579 1,175 Pennsylvania.......... 2,492 1,118 2,747 1,219 2,416 1,061 Tennessee............. 2,617 1,137 2,812 1,220 2,840 1,223 Texas................. 2,643 1,222 2,876 1,323 2,916 1,261 All other States...... 12,120 5,563 12,387 5,704 12,068 5,419 D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.