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The outlook for the US milling industry remains positive despite recent economic data showing a dip in overall flour production, said Jane DeMarchi, president of the North American Millers’ Association (NAMA). “Flour production is pretty stable,” DeMarchi said in an interview at the 2025 NAMA annual meeting, held Oct. 9-11 in New Orleans, Louisiana, US.
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“It does fluctuate a little bit up, a little bit down. We definitely got a bump during COVID times and immediately following COVID.” For the 2025 second quarter, all wheat ground for flour totaled 222.939 million bushels, down 2% from 226.627 million bushels in the 2025 first quarter and down 1% from 226.006 million bushels in the 2024 second quarter, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture. Total flour production in the 2025 second quarter came in at 102.912 million cwts, down 2% from 105.377 million cwts in the 2025 first quarter and down 2% from 104.908 million cwts in the 2024 second quarter. “One of the things I’ve seen with the members is that they can work their way through volatility and changes in demand,” DeMarchi said. “They’re an amazingly resilient industry. Obviously, we are seeing some reduction in demand. There’s inflation, GLP-1s (weight-loss drugs) and the MAHA (make America healthy again) movement. All ...
Source: UkrAgroConsult
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