King Arthur Flour Where & How It’s Milled
May 30, 2015
King Arthur Flour
Where & How It’s Milled
Perspective
US Wheat Production(1866-2008)
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lio
ns
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Bu
shel
s
1866 = 170 mil bu
2008: 2.4 billion bu
Acres of Wheat Planted
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Acr
es P
lan
ted
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illi
on
)
1866: 15.4 mil acres2008: 56.6 mill acres
Yield per Acre
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Yie
ld (
bu
/ a
cre)
1866: 11 bu/acre
2008: 43.5 bu/acre
1945: 16.4 bu/acre
41,893,600,000 pounds of flour
Per capita Flour Disappearance
128.0
130.0
132.0
134.0
136.0
138.0
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142.0
144.0
146.0
148.0
1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
pounds
year
138.1 pounds per person
Where
US Population Density
KA Flour Mills
How
Wheat
US Wheat By Class
The Wheat Kernel