Wheat: Primary grade determination tables for Canada Eastern Hard Red Winter (CEHRW) wheat

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Wheat, Canada Eastern Hard Red Winter (CEHRW)

Samples of CEHRW will be graded no lower than No. 3 CEHRW on account of mildew

Wheat, Canada Eastern Hard Red Winter (CEHRW), standard of quality
Grading factor	No. 1 CEHRW	No. 2 CEHRW	No. 3 CEHRW	No. 4 CEHRW	Grade, if specs for No. 4 CEHRW not met
Degree of soundness^{Footnote 1}	Reasonably well matured, reasonably free from damaged kernels	Fairly well matured, may be moderately weather-damaged, reasonably free from severely damaged kernels	May be immature or weather-damaged, moderately free from severely damaged kernels	Reasonably sweet, excluded from other grades of wheat on account of damaged kernels
Minimum test weight kg/hL (g/0.5 L)	76 (370)	74 (360)	69 (335)	65 (315)	Wheat, Sample CE Account Light Weight
Variety	Any variety of the class CEHRW designated as such by order of the Commission	Any variety of the class CEHRW designated as such by order of the Commission	Any variety of the class CEHRW designated as such by order of the Commission	Any variety of the class CEHRW designated as such by order of the Commission
Table 1 Notes Footnote 1 See Frost and Mildew for applicable standard samples or prints. Return to footnote 1 referrer

Wheat, Canada Eastern Hard Red Winter (CEHRW), foreign material
Grading factor	No. 1 CEHRW	No. 2 CEHRW	No. 3 CEHRW	No. 4 CEHRW	Grade, if specs for No. 4 CEHRW not met
Ergot %	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.10	Wheat, Sample CE Account Ergot
Excreta %	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	Wheat, Sample CE Account Excreta
Matter other than cereal grains %	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.0	Wheat, Sample CE Account Admixture
Sclerotinia %	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.25	Wheat, Sample CE Account Admixture
Stones %	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.10	2.5% or less – Wheat, Sample CE Account Stones Over 2.5% – Wheat, Sample Salvage
Total % Foreign material	0.8	1.5	3.5	10.0	See Mixed grain

Wheat, Canada Eastern Hard Red Winter (CEHRW), grading factors
Grading factor	No. 1 CEHRW	No. 2 CEHRW	No. 3 CEHRW	No. 4 CEHRW	Grade, if specs for No. 4 CEHRW not met
Contrasting classes %	1	3	5	10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CEOW	Over 10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CEOW – Wheat, Sample CE
Artificial stain, no residue %	0.0	0.1	0.1	2.0	Wheat, Sample CE Account Stained Kernels
Dark immature %	1	3	10	No limit
Degermed %	4	7	10	No limit
Fireburnt %	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	Wheat, Sample CE Account Fireburnt
Fusarium damage %	1.0	1.0	1.5	5.0	Wheat, Sample CE Account Fusarium Damage
Grass green %	0.8	2.0	4.0	No limit
Insect damage %	1	3	5	No limit
Binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy %	0.02	0.05	0.10	2.50	Wheat, Sample CE Account Heated
Total % Heated, binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy	0.1	0.8	2.0	2.5	Wheat, Sample CE Account Heated
Natural stain %	1	2	5	No limit
Pink %	1	5	10	No limit
Sawfly, midge %	2	8	15	No limit
Shrunken %	6	10	12	No limit
Broken %	6	10	10	50	Sample Broken Grain
Total % Shrunken and broken	7	11	13	No limit within broken tolerances
Penetrated smudge %	0.1	0.5	1.0	No limit
Total % Smudge	0.3	1.0	5.0	No limit
Total % Smudge and blackpoint	10	20	35	No limit
Sprouted %	0.5	2.5	8.0	No limit