2023 US whole wheat flour production falls

Published Feb 13, 2024

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The US saw a decrease in whole wheat flour production by 6% in 2023, marking an eight-year decline, as reported by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the US Department of Agriculture. The total production was 17.984 million cwts, down 25% from its peak in 2015. Whole wheat flour made up 4.3% of total US flour production in 2023, a slight decrease from 4.5% in 2022. Additionally, whole wheat semolina production also fell by 11% in 2023, representing 1.2% of total semolina production.

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Reaching several new milestones on the downside, whole wheat flour production in 2023 totaled 17.984 million cwts, down 6% from the year before, according to data issued Feb. 1 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the US Department of Agriculture. Whole wheat flour production in the United States has been in a downward trend for eight years, and the 2023 total was down 25% from the recent peak of 24.115 million cwts in 2015. Based on data from NASS, older data from the North American Millers’ Association and still older data gathered by Milling & Baking News, production of whole wheat flour was the smallest for any year since 2008-09, when production totaled 16.6 million cwts. The decrease in production last year of 1.173 million cwts from 2022 was among the widest in the recent past, following decreases of 631,000 cwts in 2022, 332,000 in 2021, 2.119 million in 2020, 104,000 cwts in 2019 and 176,000 cwts in 2018. Whole wheat flour production accounted for 4.3% of ...

Source: UkrAgroConsult