Commodity- US whole wheat flour output falls in 2020.

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

Whole wheat flour production in 2020 totaled 20.12 million cwts, down 10 percent from 22.359 million cwts in 2019, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the US Department of Agriculture. The production total was the smallest for any year since the USDA began tracking whole wheat production data 6 years ago. Whole wheat flour production has now fallen three consecutive years and four of the last five.

The year-to-year drop of 2.119 million cwts in 2020 followed more modest production decreases of 104,000 cwts in 2019 and 176,000 cwts in 2018. The trend is at odds with the advice of the Dietary...

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