King Arthur Flour is milled in the United States where wheat production has increased dramatically since 1866. Wheat yields per acre have risen from 11 bushels in 1866 to over 43 bushels in 2008 due to improvements in farming techniques. King Arthur Flour mills over 41 billion pounds of flour annually based on average American flour consumption of 138 pounds per person.

1. King Arthur Flour Where & How It’s Milled

2. Perspective

3. US Wheat Production (1866-2008) 1866 = 170 mil bu 2008: 2.4 billion bu

4. Acres of Wheat Planted 1866: 15.4 mil acres 2008: 56.6 mill acres

5. Yield per Acre 1866: 11 bu/acre 2008: 43.5 bu/acre 1945: 16.4 bu/acre

6. 41,893,600,000 pounds of flour

7. Per capita Flour Disappearance 138.1 pounds per person

8. Where

9. US Population Density

11. KA Flour Mills

12. How

13. Wheat

14. US Wheat By Class

15. The Wheat Kernel