date:Nov 20, 2013
3-14 at 471.3 million tonnes. Based on a 75% flour extraction average, that would equal nearly 350 million tonnes, or well in excess of 5 billion cwts of flour. At its most extensive coverage of flour production, in 2008, the output provided by the I.G.C. approached 4 billion cwts.
Based on the crop year estimates by the I.G.C. of food use of wheat, worldwide flour production has been on a definite upward course. The food use of 471.1 million tonnes forecast for the current season compared with