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.
Grade name | Standard of quality Footnote 1 | Foreign material | ||||||||
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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
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 | ||
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Contrasting classes % | Total % | Binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy % | Total % | ||||||||
number 1 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 |
Grade name | Natural stain % | Pink % | Sawfly, midge % | Shrunken and broken | Smudge and blackpoint | Sprouted | ||||
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Shrunken % | Broken % | Total % | Smudge % | Total % | Severely sprouted % | Total % | ||||
number 1 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 |
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