Whole wheat flour production up 1.5% in the US in the third quarter

Whole wheat flour production in the United States reached 4.681 million cwts between July and September 2024, an increase of 69,000 cwts, or 1.5%, compared to 4.612 million cwts recorded in the same period in 2023, according to a report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released on Nov. 1. This was the third consecutive quarter in which production exceeded year-earlier levels. The volume recorded was also higher than the 4.63 million cwts recorded in 2022, but still below the highest numbers reached in previous years, such as the peak of 6.326 million cwts in 2015. Whole wheat flour accounted for 4.4% of total flour production in the U.S. between July and September, up slightly from 4.3% in the same period in 2023 and 4.1% in the second quarter of this year. In the year to date through September 2024, production totaled 13.682 million cwts, an increase of 278,000 cwts (2.1%) over the 13.404 million cwts recorded in the first nine months of 2023. ...