Wheat: Export grade determination tables for Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES) wheat

Chapter 4. Wheat (PDF, 2 MB)

Wheat, Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES)

Print format
Download a poster version of the export grade determination table for CWES, 61 x 91 cm (24 x 36 in) (PDF, 203 KB)

Samples of CWES will be graded no lower than No. 2 CWES on account of mildew

Wheat, Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES), standard of quality
Grading factor	No. 1 CWES	No. 2 CWES	CW Feed
Degree of soundness^{Footnote 1}	Fairly well matured, may be moderately bleached or frost-damaged, reasonably free from severely damaged kernels	May be frost-damaged, immature or weather-damaged, moderately free from severely damaged kernels	Reasonably sweet, excluded from higher grades on account of light weight or damaged kernels
Minimum test weight kg/hL (g/0.5 L)	78 (380)	76 (370)	73 (355)
Minimum protein %	10.0	No minimum	No minimum
Variety	Any variety of the class CWES designated as such by order of the Commission	Any variety of the class CWES designated as such by order of the Commission	Any class or variety of wheat excluding amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP
Table 1 Notes Footnote 1 See Frost and Mildew for applicable standard Return to footnote 1 referrer

Wheat, Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES), foreign material
Grading factor	No. 1 CWES	No. 2 CWES	CW Feed
Ergot %	0.04	0.04	0.10
Excreta %	0.01	0.03	0.03
Matter other than cereal grains %	0.2	0.3	1.0
Other cereal grains %	0.8	1.5	5.0
Sclerotinia %	0.04	0.04	0.10
Stones %	0.03	0.06	0.10
Total % Mineral matter including stones	0.10	0.10	0.25
Total % Foreign material^{Footnote 2}	0.8	1.5	5.0
Table 2 Notes Footnote 2 Total foreign material includes all components in the commercially clean determination table except broken wheat passing through the No.5 buckwheat sieve Return to footnote 2 referrer

Wheat, Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES), grading factors
Grading factor	No. 1 CWES	No. 2 CWES	CW Feed
Contrasting classes %	1.5	2.5	10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP
Total % Wheats of other classes or varieties and contrasting classes ^{Footnote 3}	3	5	10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP
Artificial stain, no residue %	0.1	0.1	2.0
Degermed %	7	13	No limit
Fireburnt %	0.0	0.0	2.0
Fusarium damage %	1.0	1.0	4.0
Grass green %	2	10	No limit
Insect damage %	3	8	No limit
Binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy %	0.01	0.01	2.50
Total % Heated, binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy	0.4	1.0	2.5
Natural stain %	2	5	No limit
Pink %	5	10	No limit
Sawfly, midge %	2	5	No limit
Shrunken %	3	3	4
Broken %	7	7	13
Total % Shrunken and broken	8	8	15
Smudge %	1	Consider overall appearance	No limit
Total % Smudge and blackpoint	15	Consider overall appearance	No limit
Severely sprouted %	0.10	0.30	No limit
Total % Sprouted	0.5	2.0	No limit
Table 3 Notes Footnote 3 See working tolerance for Wheats of Other Classes or Varieties Return to footnote 3 referrer