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Published: August 23, 2007

CGC grading changes

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced grain grading changes for western crops and updates to the moisture meter conversion tables for the 2007-08 crop year.

Grain grading changes are effective Aug. 1 and are as follows:

  • Hard vitreous kernels (HVK) are no longer a grading factor for No. 2 Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat and No. 1 Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat.
  • HVK remains a grading factor for No. 1 CWRS wheat. The commission will continue discussing this factor.
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  • When Canada Western Hard White Spring (CWHWS) wheat is present in CWRS wheat, CWHWS wheat is to be considered a “wheat of other class” for grading purposes instead of a “contrasting class.”
  • Tolerances for broken grain in commercially clean export shipments of any class of western Canadian wheat are: primary elevator, 0.3 percent; terminal elevators, 0.35 percent and transfer elevator, 0.5 percent.

Updated moisture meter conversion tables for pinto beans, black beans, oriental mustard, yellow mustard and brown mustard are available on the commission’s website at www.grains canada.gc.ca/Pubs/Moisture/tables/moistmet-e.htm.

Grading changes for western crops were recommended by the Western Standards Committee in April.

The committee meets twice a year to recommend specifications for grain grading, and select and recommend standard and guide samples.

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