Largest U.S. wheat-durum-rye milling companies
Here are the top 10 largest U.S. wheat-durum-rye milling companies based on milling capacity. All information is based on Sosland Publishing Company’s 2020 Grain & Milling Annual.
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Ardent Mills is the largest company with a total capacity of 491,200 cwts. That includes 485,200 cwts of wheat capacity at 33 mills; 10,000 cwts of durum at two mills; and 2,000 cwts of rye at one mill (6,000 cwts is swing capacity). Pictured is the company’s Albany, New York, U.S., mill with a capacity of 23,500 cwts.
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ADM Milling Co. comes in at No. 2 with total capacity of 287,200 cwts at 21 wheat mills. Pictured here is the company’s facility in Mendota, Illinois, U.S., which, at 30,000 cwts, is the largest mill ever built from the ground up in the United States.
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The third largest milling company based on wheat-durum-rye capacity is Grain Craft with a total capacity of 161,500 cwts. It has 14 wheat mills. The company recently completed a year-long improvement project to expand and upgrade areas of its flour mill in McPherson, Kansas, U.S., pictured here. Photo courtesy of Grain Craft.
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Miller Milling is the fourth largest company with total capacity of 106,000 cwts. That capacity is divided among six wheat mills with a capacity of 106,000 cwts and two durum mills with a capacity of 18,500 cwts, which is swing capacity. The company completed a two-year expansion project that increased daily flour production capacity at its Saginaw, Texas, U.S., mill (pictured here) by 70%, from 14,000 cwts to 24,000 cwts.
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Coming in at No. 5 is Bay State Milling with a total capacity of 85,665 cwts divided among seven wheat mills (capacity of 77,545 cwts); two durum mills (capacity of 4,900 cwts); and two rye mills (capacity of 3,220). Of its total, 1,320 cwts is swing capacity.
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General Mills Inc. is the sixth largest with total capacity of 80,500 cwts, with 77,500 cwts capacity at five wheat mills and 3,000 cwts of durum at one mill.
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With the single largest mill in North America, North Dakota Mill & Elevator Association is ranked No. 7 with total capacity of 52,500 cwts. That includes 49,500 cwts of wheat and 3,000 cwts of durum. Photo courtesy of North Dakota Mill & Elevator.
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The eighth largest milling company is The Mennel Milling Co. with a total capacity of 49,500 cwts at six wheat mills. Pictured here is the company’s headquarters in Fostoria, Ohio, U.S., where the company also has an 18,000-cwt mill.
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Bartlett Milling Co. ranks No. 9 with 41,000 cwts of capacity at three wheat mills.
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Rounding out the top 10 is Siemer Milling Co. with total capacity of 36,500 cwts of wheat at three mills. Siemer’s mill in Teutopolis, Illinois, U.S., pictured here, has a capacity of 10,500 cwts.
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