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Rye – Chapter 5
Official Grain Grading Guide



Export grade determinants tables

Rye, Canada Western (CW)

Grade name Removable material through 4.5 round-hole sieve Foreign material
Total large seeds and wild oats Cereal grains other than wheat % Ergot %
(1) Small seeds % (2) Total % Large seeds % Wild oats % Total %
No. 1 CW 0.05 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.15 1.5 0.05
No. 2 CW 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.10 0.20 3 0.20
No. 3 CW 0.05 0.10 0.25 0.15 0.25 10 0.33
Grade name Foreign material
Mineral matter Sclerotinia % Total foreign material, including wheat %
Stones % Total mineral matter %
No. 1 CW 0.033 0.066 0.05 2
No. 2 CW 0.033 0.10 0.20 5
No. 3 CW 0.066 0.15 0.33 10
Grade name Heated % Sprouted %
No. 1 CW 0.05 0.5
No. 2 CW 0.35 2
No. 3 CW 2 10