Grandfield/Chattanooga/Lawton-Test weights have dropped slightly in all regions with some weights now coming in at 57lbs. to 59lbs. per bushel. It should be noted that some 60 lb. per bushel test weight wheat is still being taken in after rains. It has been reported by producers some va...
The weight per 1000 kernels of Marquis wheat, determined in 1930 only, reached a maximum at the same stage as weight per bushel. Susceptibility to superficial injury by frost continued generally over nearly the whole maturation period. Even 4 degrees of frost (28掳 F.) frequently caused a ...
The exposed samples lost grade in 50% of the cases, and decreased in weight per bushel in practically all cases. The flour yield was generally increased slightly as a result of the winter exposure. In respect to baking quality 22% showed improvement and 40% showed damage. The changes in ...
Important milling properties are relative hardness or softness, weight per bushel of wheat (test weight), siftability of the flour, break flour yield, middlings flour yield, total flour yield, flour ash content, and wheat-to-flour protein conversion. Good processing quality for flour is also ...
the grain quality of wheat is very important. To test the grain quality of wheat for use as flour, milling properties are analyzed. Important milling properties are relative hardness or softness, weight per bushel of wheat (test weight), siftability of the flour, break flour yield, middlings ...
inspectors evaluate specific factors which are test weight (TW) per bushel, heat-damage, total damage, foreign material, shrunken and broken kernels, total defects, contrasting classes, and wheat of other classes. All grading factors except for TW (pounds/bushel=lb/bu) are equally applied to al...
Preliminary data for the 2023 Kansas winter wheat crop show an average test weight of 60.6 pounds per bushel. This compares to 61.0 pounds per bushel for the…
Some producers have had little to no dockage for test weight, while others have taken it on the chin. It has hit some producers hard, with as much as $3 per bushel dock at the grain buying stations. There doesn’t seem to be any correlation between whether a fungicide was used to ...
Palisade and Palisade plus Tilt increased test weight at Chickasha and had no effect on test weight at Perkins or Stillwater To summarize this first year of work with plant growth regulators, we found a trend for one to two inch reductions in plant height when Palisade or Palisade plus Tilt ...
Minimum pound/bushel limits of: Test weight (lb/bu)1 Hard red spring wheat or white club wheat58.057.055.053.050.0 All other classes/subclasses60.058.056.054.051.0 Maximum percentage limits of: Defects: Damaged kernels Heat (part of total)0.20.20.51.03.0 ...