United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2643- 6019 North American Flour Milling Products 2023 Summary May 2024 Combined United States and Canadian All Wheat Ground for Flour Down 2 Percent From 2022 This publication is a result of a joint effort by Statistics Canada and USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to release the flour milling production information for both countries within one publication. United States flour milling production numbers for 2023 were previously released on May 1, 2024. Canadian flour milling production numbers were released on April 28, 2024. Combined United States and Canadian all wheat ground for ground for flour was 1.03 billion bushels in 2023, a decrease of 2 percent from 2022. Flour production totaled 476 million hundredweight compared to 485 million hundredweight in 2022. Combined United States and Canadian durum wheat ground for flour and semolina was 73.1 million bushels in 2023, up 2 percent from 2022. Durum flour production totaled 34.7 million hundredweight, up 1 percent from 2022. Flour Milling and Production - United States: 2022-2023 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : 2022 : 2023 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Wheat : Wheat ground for flour............1,000 bushels: 928,615 904,461 Flour production......................1,000 cwt: 430,284 419,998 Millfeed production........................tons: 6,731,971 6,472,587 Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour..........1,000 bushels: 864,990 839,641 Flour production....................1,000 cwt: 399,655 389,093 Whole wheat flour production......1,000 cwt: 18,735 17,609 Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour..........1,000 bushels: 63,625 64,820 Flour production....................1,000 cwt: 30,629 30,905 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flour Milling and Production - Canada: 2022-2023 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : 2022 : 2023 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Wheat : Wheat ground for flour............1,000 bushels: 121,172 122,248 Flour production......................1,000 cwt: 55,199 55,555 Millfeed production........................tons: 830,136 824,111 Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour..........1,000 bushels: 113,175 114,004 Flour production....................1,000 cwt: 51,489 51,729 Whole wheat flour production......1,000 cwt: 1,903 1,853 Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour..........1,000 bushels: 7,997 8,244 Flour production....................1,000 cwt: 3,710 3,826 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flour Milling and Production - United States and Canada: 2022-2023 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : 2022 : 2023 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Wheat : Wheat ground for flour............1,000 bushels: 1,049,787 1,026,709 Flour production......................1,000 cwt: 485,483 475,553 Millfeed production........................tons: 7,562,107 7,296,698 Wheat, excluding durum : Wheat ground for flour..........1,000 bushels: 978,165 953,645 Flour production....................1,000 cwt: 451,144 440,822 Whole wheat flour production......1,000 cwt: 20,638 19,462 Wheat, durum : Wheat ground for flour..........1,000 bushels: 71,622 73,064 Flour production....................1,000 cwt: 34,339 34,731 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Nick Streff, Acting Chief, Crops Branch................................................................. (202) 720-2127 Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section (202) 720-2127 Irwin Anolik - Crop Progress and Condition (202) 720-7621 Joshua Bates - Hemp, Oats, Soybeans (202) 690-3234 Natasha Bruton - Barley, Cotton System Consumption, and Stocks, Grain Crushings (202) 690-1042 David Colwell - Fats and Oils, Flour Milling Products (202) 720-8800 Michelle Harder -County Estimates, Hay (202) 690-8533 James Johanson - Rye, Wheat (202) 720-8068 Greg Lemmons - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet (202) 720-9526 Becky Sommer - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum (202) 720-5944 Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds......................................................... (202) 720-7369 Chris Hawthorn - Peanuts, Rice..................................................................... 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