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.
- 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.
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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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