| | | Table 28--Wheat flour production |
| | | | | | | | | Calendar year 1/ | Wheat ground for flour | Wheat flour extraction rate | Wheat flour production 2/ | Wheat millfeed production | | (1,000 bushels) | (percent) | (1,000 cwt) | (1,000 tons) | | 1988 | 769,689 | 74.5 | 344,154 | 6,145 | | 1989 | 761,021 | 75.1 | 342,762 | 5,828 | | 1990 | 788,186 | 74.9 | 354,348 | 6,109 | | 1991 | 808,966 | 74.6 | 362,311 | 6,436 | | 1992 | 833,339 | 74.2 | 370,829 | 6,707 | | 1993 | 871,408 | 74.1 | 387,419 | 6,963 | | 1994 | 884,707 | 73.9 | 392,519 | 7,186 | | 1995 | 869,296 | 74.5 | 388,689 | 7,144 | | 1996 | 878,070 | 75.5 | 397,776 | 7,042 | | 1997 | 885,843 | 76.0 | 404,143 | 6,886 | | 1998 | 895,369 | 74.3 | 398,914 | 6,955 | | 1999 | 917,797 | 74.8 | 411,968 | 7,040 | | 2000 | 944,868 | 74.3 | 421,270 | 7,374 | | 2001 | 914,036 | 73.8 | 404,521 | 7,275 | | 2002 | 889,414 | 74.0 | 394,700 | 6,893 | | 2003 | 889,188 | 74.3 | 396,215 | 7,029 | | 2004 | 876,047 | 74.9 | 393,925 | 6,764 | | 2005 | 884,101 | 74.5 | 394,973 | 6,826 | | 2006 | 894,527 | 75.2 | 403,391 | 6,916 | | 2007 | 923,756 | 75.6 | 418,836 | 7,103 | | 2008 | 907,979 | 76.4 | 416,283 | 6,753 | | 2009 | 672,096 | 77.2 | 311,273 | 4,862 |
| 1/ Data for current year are year to date. Recent data may be preliminary.
2/ Commercial production of wheat flour, whole wheat, and durum semolina and flour. cwt = hundredweight.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Flour Milling Products (MQ311A). |
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