Wheat: Primary grade determination table for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat

Wheat, Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS)

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

Wheat, Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), standard of quality
Grading factor No. 1 CWRS No. 2 CWRS No. 3 CWRS CW Feed Grade, if specs for CW Feed not met
Degree of soundnessFootnote 1 Reasonably well matured, reasonably free from damaged kernels 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 other grades of wheat on account of damaged kernels  
Minimum test weight kg/hL (g/0.5 L) 75 (365) 72 (350) 69 (335) 65 (315) Wheat, Sample CW Account Light Weight
Minimum hard vitreous kernels % 65 No minimum No minimum No minimum  
Minimum protein % 10.0 No minimum No minimum No minimum  
Variety Any variety of the class CWRS designated as such by order of the Commission Any variety of the class CWRS designated as such by order of the Commission Any variety of the class CWRS designated as such by order of the Commission Any class or variety of wheat excluding amber durum and CWSP  
Table 1 Notes
Footnote 1

See Frost and Mildew for applicable standard

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Wheat, Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), foreign material
Grading factor No. 1 CWRS No. 2 CWRS No. 3 CWRS CW Feed Grade, if specs for CW Feed not met
Ergot % 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.10 Wheat, Sample CW Account Ergot
Excreta % 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 Wheat, Sample CW Account Excreta
Matter other than cereal grains % 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.0 Wheat, Sample CW Account Admixture
Sclerotinia % 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.10 Wheat, Sample CW Account Admixture
Stones % 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.10 2.5% or less - Wheat, Rejected grade, Account Stones Over 2.5% - Wheat, Sample Salvage
Total %
Foreign material
0.6 1.2 2.4 10.0 See Mixed grain
Wheat, Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), grading factors
Grading factor No. 1 CWRS No. 2 CWRS No. 3 CWRS CW Feed Grade, if specs for CW Feed not met
Artificial stain, no residue % 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.0 Wheat, Sample CW Account Stained Kernels
Binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy % 0.01 0.02 0.03 2.50 Wheat, Sample CW Account Heated
Total %
Heated, binburnt, severely mildewed, rotted, mouldy
0.1 0.4 1.0 2.5 Wheat, Sample CW Account Heated
Contrasting classes % 0.8 2.3 3.8 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 classes Footnote 2
2.3 4.5 7.5 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
Dark immature % 1 3 10 No limit  
Degermed % 4 7 13 No limit  
Fireburnt % 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 Wheat, Sample CW Account Fireburnt
Fusarium damage % 0.3 0.8 1.5 4.0 Wheat, Sample CW Account Fusarium Damage Over 10%- Wheat, Commercial Salvage
Grass green % 0.8 2.0 10.0 No limit  
Insect damage % 1 3 6 No limit  
Natural stain % 1 2 5 No limit  
Pink % 2 5 10 No limit  
Sawfly, midge % 2 5 10 No limit  
Shrunken % 4 4 4 No limit  
Broken % 5 6 7 13 Sample Broken Grain
Total %
Shrunken and broken
7 8 9 No limit within broken tolerances  
Smudge % 0.3 1.0 5.0 No limit  
Total %
Smudge and blackpoint
10 20 35 No limit  
Severely sprouted % 0.1 0.2 0.3 No limit  
Total %
Sprouted
0.5 1.0 3.0 No limit  
Table 2 Notes
Footnote 2

See working tolerance for Wheats of Other Classes or Varieties.

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