Wheat: Primary grade determination tables for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat

Wheat, Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR)

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

Wheat, Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR), standard of quality
Grade name No. 1 CPSR No. 2 CPSR CW Feed Grade, if specs for CW Feed not met
Degree of soundnessFootnote 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) 77 (375) 75 (365) 65 (315) Wheat, Sample Canada Account Light Weight
Variety Any variety of the class CPSR designated as such by order of the Commission Any variety of the class CPSR 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.

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Wheat, Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR), foreign material
Grade name No. 1 CPSR No. 2 CPSR CW Feed Grade, if specs for CW Feed not met
Ergot % 0.04 0.04 0.10 Wheat, Sample Canada Account Ergot
Excreta % 0.01 0.03 0.03 Wheat, Sample Canada Account Excreta
Matter other than cereal grains % 0.2 0.3 1.0 Wheat, Sample Canada Account Admixture
Sclerotinia % 0.04 0.04 0.10 Wheat, Sample Canada Account Admixture
Stones % 0.03 0.03 0.10 2.5% or less - Rejected (grade), Account Stones
Over 2.5% - Wheat, Sample Salvage
Total %
Foreign material
0.8 1.5 10.0 See Mixed grain
Wheat, Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR), grading factors
Grading factor No. 1 CPSR No. 2 CPSR CW Feed Grade, if specs for CW Feed not met
Contrasting classes % 3 5 10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP Over 10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP - Wheat, Sample CW Account Admixture
Total %
Wheats of other classes or varieties and contrasting classesFootnote 2
5 10 10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP Over 10%, either alone or in combination with each other, of amber durum and any variety of the class CWSP - Wheat, Sample CW Account Admixture
Artificial stain, no residue % 0.1 0.1 2.0 Wheat, Sample Canada Account Stained Kernels
Dark immature % 2.5 10.0 No limit  
Degermed % 7 13 No limit  
Fireburnt % 0.0 0.0 2.0 Wheat, Sample Canada Account Fireburnt
Fusarium damage % 1.5 1.5 4.0 10% or less - Wheat, Sample Canada Account Fusarium Damage Over 10% - Wheat, Commercial Salvage
Grass green % 2 10 No limit  
Insect damage % 3 8 No limit  
Binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy % 0.02 0.03 2.50 Wheat, Sample Canada Account Heated
Total %
Heated, binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy
0.4 1.0 2.5 Wheat, Sample Canada Account Heated
Natural stain % 2 5 No limit  
Pink % 5 10 No limit  
Sawfly, midge % 3 8 No limit  
Shrunken % 5 5 No limit  
Broken % 6 6 13 Sample Broken Grain
Total %
Shrunken and broken
9 9 No limit within broken tolerances  
Penetrated smudge % 0.10 0.50 No limit  
Total %
Smudge
1 5 No limit  
Total %
Smudge and blackpoint
20 35 No limit  
Severely sprouted % 0.1 0.3 No limit  
Total %
Sprouted
0.5 2.0 No limit  
Table 2 Notes
Footnote 2

See working tolerance for Wheats of Other Classes or Varieties.

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