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The Canadian Grain Commission will use individual standard samples for frost/heat stress and mildew replacing the current combined standard samples as the assessment tools for these grading factors in all classes of western Canadian wheat starting Aug. 1. This photo shows various amounts of mildew versus a sound sample.
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Wheat grading factor changes August 1

Mildew and heat/frost stress will be assessed separately instead of in combination

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Grading factors for mildew and heat/frost stress when grading western Canadian wheat will be tweaked starting Aug. 1, the start of the 2018-19 crop year, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has announced. “It’s not a significant difference,” Daryl Beswitherick, the CGC’s program manager for quality assurance standards and reinspection, said. “The frequency of the factors
Barley is often less susceptible to fusarium infections, but near-perfect conditions for a month this summer set the stage for trouble.
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Fusarium damage present in some early-harvested western spring cereals

It’s too early for the Canadian Grain Commission to have a complete picture 
but downgrading is occurring

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Fusarium head blight has damaged some of Western Canada’s early-harvested spring and durum wheat, but it’s too soon to know the full extent. Daryl Beswitherick, the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) program manager for quality assurance standards and reinspection, said they’ve been seeing signs in the early results from their harvest sampling program. “It is definitely
Daryl Beswitherick, the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) program manager for quality assurance standards, says it’s important for farmers to know what wheat varieties they are growing and what class they belong in so they aren’t declared incorrectly at the elevator.
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New Canada Northern Hard Red wheat class took effect Aug. 1

The West’s ninth milling wheat class is the new home for Faller, Prosper and Elgin ND

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Big changes to Western Canada’s wheat class system took effect Aug. 1, the start of the 2016-17 crop year, and more are coming over the next three years. They’re designed to enhance Canada’s reputation for high-quality, high-gluten-strength milling wheat, while giving farmers the opportunity to grow higher-yielding wheats that have slightly lower strength, Daryl Beswitherick,
The Canadian Grain Commission is still consulting the grain sector on proposed changes to Western Canada’s wheat class system, including the idea of a new milling wheat class that could be called Canada Northern Hard Red. The expert Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Oats and Triticale is voting at its annual meeting at Banff in February.
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Western Canadian wheat class consultations coming to a head

CGC proposing creating a new milling wheat class

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Canada Northern Hard Red could be the name of a new western Canadian milling wheat class being proposed by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). However, both the class and the proposed name aren’t a done deal, say CGC officials Remi Gosselin and Daryl Beswitherick. “We’re going back to industry stakeholders and engaging in discussion to see
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New interim wheat class coming for Faller, Prosper, Elgin-ND

Market potential will be studied before its made permanent. In the meantime the CGC will strengthen the quality specifications for the CWRS and CPSR classes

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Changes are coming to Western Canada’s milling wheat classes along with some additional study and more industry feedback, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) announced May 8. After consulting the grain sector earlier this year the CGC has decided to introduce a new interim milling wheat class to take effect Aug. 1 and continue until at

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