Language selection

Search

Primary grade determination tables for Canada Northern Hard Red (CNHR) wheat: Wheat

On August 1, 2024, all primary and export grade determination tables in the Official Grain Grading Guide were updated to a vertical format. This page will be available for reference until February 1, 2025.

CNHR wheat - part 1 of 3
Grade name Standard of quality Footnote 1 Foreign material
Minimum test weight kg/hL (g/0.5 L) Variety Minimum Protein % Degree of soundness Ergot % Excreta % Matter other than cereal grains % Sclerotinia % Stones % Total %
number 1 CNHR 75 (365) Any variety of the class CNHR designated as such by order of the Commission 11.0 Reasonably well matured, reasonably free from damaged kernels 0.04 0.01 0.2 0.04 0.03 0.6
number 2 CNHR 72 (350) Any variety of the class CNHR designated as such by order of the Commission No minimum Fairly well matured, may be moderately bleached or frost-damaged, reasonably free from severely damaged kernels 0.04 0.01 0.3 0.04 0.03 1.2
number 3 CNHR 69 (335) Any variety of the class CNHR designated as such by order of the Commission No minimum May be frost-damaged, immature or weather-damaged, moderately free from severely damaged kernels 0.04 0.01 0.5 0.04 0.06 2.4
Canada Western (CW) Feed 65 (315) Any class or variety of wheat excluding amber durum and any variety of the class Canada Western Special Purpose (CWSP) No minimum Reasonably sweet, excluded from other grades of wheat on account of damaged kernels 0.10 0.03 1.0 0.10 0.10 10.0
Grade, if specs for number Feed not met Wheat, Sample number Account Light Weight       Wheat, Sample number Account Ergot Wheat, Sample number Account Excreta Wheat, Sample number Account Admixture Wheat, Sample number Account Admixture 2.5% or less– Wheat, Rejected grade, Account Stones Over 2.5%– Wheat, Sample Salvage See Mixed grain

Note: Samples of CNHR will be graded no lower than No. 3 CNHR on account of mildew

CNHR wheat - part 2 of 3
Grade name Wheats of other classes or varieties Footnote 2 Artificial stain, no residue % Dark immature % Degermed % Fireburnt % Fusarium damage % Grass green % Insect damage % Heated
Contrasting classes % Total % Binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy % Total %
number1 CNHR 1 3 0.0 1 4 0.0 0.3 0.8 1 0.01 0.1
number 2 CNHR 3 5 0.1 3 7 0.0 0.8 2.0 3 0.02 0.4
number 3 CNHR 5 10 0.1 10 13 0.0 1.5 10.0 6 0.03 1.0
CW Feed 10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP 2.0 No limit No limit 2.0 4.0 No limit No limit 2.50 2.5
Grade, if specs for CW Feed not met Over 10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP – Wheat, Sample CWAccount Admixture Wheat, Sample CW Account Stained Kernels     Wheat, Sample CW Account Fireburnt Wheat, Sample CW Account Fusarium Damage Over 10%- Wheat, Commercial Salvage     Wheat, Sample CW Account Heated
CNHR wheat - part 3 of 3
Grade name Natural stain % Pink % Sawfly, midge % Shrunken and broken Smudge and blackpoint Sprouted
Shrunken % Broken % Total % Smudge % Total % Severely sprouted % Total %
number1 CNHR 1 2 2 4 5 7 0.3 10 0.1 0.5
number 2 CNHR 2 5 5 4 6 8 1.0 20 0.2 1.0
number 3 CNHR 5 10 10 4 7 9 5.0 35 0.3 3.0
CW Feed No limit No limit No limit No limit 13 No limit within broken tolerances No limit No limit No limit No limit
Grade, if specs for CW Feed not met         Sample Broken Grain        

"Page details"

Share this page
Date modified: