Avg. Grade results

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1999 Average Desert Durum® Grade Results

 

HARVEST DATA

  

EXPORT CARGO DATA
  1997 1998 1999   96/97 97/98 98/99
Protein (%) (12% MB) 13.4 13.4 13.3   ---- ----- -----
Graded No. 1 (%) 99 98 99   100 100 99
HVAC (%) 95.8 96.0 95.1   94.9 93.0 91.0
Moisture (%) 7.7 7.9 7.4   7.5 7.9 8.2
Test Weight
    lb/bu 61.9 62.7 62.9   62.5 62.9 62.9
    kg/hl 80.6 81.6 81.9   81.4 81.9 81.9
Damage (%) 0.0 0.1 0.2   0.5 0.7 1.0
*Foreign Material (%) 0.1 0.1 0.2   0.2 0.3 0.2
*Shrunken/Broken (%) 1.0 0.6 0.6   0.8 0.5 0.5
Total Defects (%) 1.1 0.8 0.9   1.5 1.5 1.7
*Dockage (%) 0.8 0.7 0.5   0.8 0.5 0.6
*Total Screenings (%) 1.9 1.4 1.3   1.8 1.3 1.3
Moisture (%) 7.7 7.9 7.4   7.5 7.9 8.2
Net Wheat (%) 90.4 90.7 91.3   90.7 90.8 90.5
CTW (%) 107.8 108.1 108.8   108.1 108.2 107.9
MWVI (%) 92.8 92.5 91.9   92.5 92.4 92.7

*Total Screenings are those factors represented on the grade certificate that are cleaned out in the flour mill.

Note: Samples for the harvest data were collected through the California Department of Food and Agriculture Grain and Commodity Inspection stations in Imperial and Corcoran, California, and from the official grading stations at Yuma and Casa Grande, Arizona. Desert Durum® cargo data represents information obtained from official export inspection certificates. Test weight conversions from lb/bu to kg/hl according to FGIS-PN-97-5, {(1.292 x lb/bu) + 0.630}.

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