date:Feb 03, 2016
was placed at 1,618,000 cwts, up 17,000 from a year ago. It was up just 1,000 from the third quarter.
Based on available data, mills operated at an average of 85.6% of six-day capacity in 2015, down from 87.4% in the prior year.
According to NASS, October-December flour output totaled 108,785,000 cwts, up 0.8% from 107,879,000 in the third and 0.4% above 108,376,000 a year ago.
All of these numbers were compiled by NASS. Mills operated at 87.3% of capacity in the fourth, up from 86.6% in the