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Quality of Canadian oilseed-type soybean export shipments

Previous crop year averages for each grade, from all ports from August 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024.

Crop year date averages for each grade, from all ports from August 1, 2024 to April 30 2025.

The Canadian Grain Commission maintains Soybean, export quality graphs that visually represent the export quality data.

August 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025

Quality parameter Testing period No. 2 Canada Yellow No. 2 Canada Yellow NCC
Dockage, % Crop year to date 1.0 4.5
Minimum 0.3 4.5
Maximum 2.3 5.8
Moisture, % Crop year to date 11.7 9.6
Minimum 9.4 9.6
Maximum 13.1 9.8
Seed chlorophyll, mg/kg Crop year to date 0.6 2.9
Minimum 0.2 1.1
Maximum 1.9 4.3
Oil contentFootnote 1, %; dry matter basis Crop year to date 21.7 20.9
Minimum 21.0 20.8
Maximum 22.5 21.4
Protein content, %; dry matter basis Crop year to date 38.2 37.0
Minimum 37.2 36.6
Maximum 41.5 37.9
Oil contentFootnote 1, %; 13% moisture basis Crop year to date 18.9 18.2
Minimum 18.3 18.1
Maximum 19.6 18.7
Protein content, %; 13% moisture basis Crop year to date 33.2 32.2
Minimum 32.4 31.8
Maximum 36.1 33.0
Protein, Oil Free (Meal Protein), %; 13% moisture basis Crop year to date 42.4 40.6
Minimum 41.0 40.2
Maximum 46.6 42.0
Palmitic acid (C16:0), % of total fatty acids Crop year to date 10.5 10.5
Minimum 9.9 10.4
Maximum 10.9 10.6
Stearic acid (C18:0), % of total fatty acids Crop year to date 4.0 4.1
Minimum 3.7 4.0
Maximum 4.3 4.3
Oleic acid (C18:1), % of total fatty acids Crop year to date 20.2 21.1
Minimum 18.2 20.1
Maximum 22.0 21.9
Linoleic acid (C18:2), % of total fatty acids Crop year to date 54.8 53.2
Minimum 53.1 52.6
Maximum 56.8 53.9
Linolenic acid (C18:3), % of total fatty acids Crop year to date 9.0 9.3
Minimum 8.5 9.2
Maximum 9.6 9.7
Iodine value Crop year to date 136.0 135.1
Minimum 133.1 134.3
Maximum 138.0 136.3
Free fatty acids, % Crop year to date 0.13 0.25
Minimum 0.00 0.10
Maximum 1.16 0.58
Number of cargoes represented Crop year to date 109 5
Previous crop year 89 5
Tonnes represented Crop year to date 3,515,672 284,239
Previous crop year 2,902,299 292,665

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