Wheat Quality Data

[charliep]

Just a note to highlight the CGC has posted quality from its harvest survey. I also participated in the wheat CGC, CIGI and Cereals Canada webinar on Friday that went through quality, down grading factors and attributes that impact milling, baking and pasta/noodle quality. Highlights were the lower quality of this years wheat crop (particularly durum). The other (as indicated in a previous thread) is the major source of downgrading is mildew. Milling and baking quality of this years 3CWRS is actually pretty good.

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[redleaf]

Charlie, I would venture to say the quality of 3cwrs is very good this year because it actually is 1&2cwrs.

[farmaholic]

The disclaimer itself says the information is incomplete therefore somewhat useless. To me all it shows is the protein content and doesn't show how much of each grade there is. I could have sent in a sample from a two thousand bushel bin and someone else from a twenty thousand bushel bin. The number of samples isn't representative of the quantity of each grade. They can't correlate.

But thanks for posting it anyway...

[charliep]

It is also about assessing milling and baking quality for the specifics of this years crop. It is the time of the year when CGC, CIGI, industry and yes, farmers visit our customers to go over the quality of this years and both the high points and challenges in will present. A part of the process is to keep people in the supply chain informed about the message being delivered.

On the other comment, perhaps of the challenges basing pricing/farm quality signals on visual appearance.