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810 Wheat
810 Wheat
M-1
Effective May 2014
Wheat
(3) Hard Red Winter wheat. All varieties of Hard Red Winter wheat. There are no
subclasses in this class.
(4) Soft Red Winter wheat. All varieties of Soft Red Winter wheat. There are no
subclasses in this class.
(5) Hard White wheat. All hard endosperm white wheat varieties. There are no subclasses
in this class.
(6) Soft White wheat. All soft endosperm white wheat varieties. This class is divided into
the following three subclasses:
(i) Soft White wheat. Soft endosperm white wheat varieties which contain not more than
10 percent of white club wheat.
(ii) White Club wheat. Soft endosperm white club wheat varieties containing not more
than 10 percent of other soft white wheats.
(iii) Western White wheat. Soft White wheat containing more than 10 percent of white
club wheat and more than 10 percent of other soft white wheats.
(7) Unclassed wheat. Any variety of wheat that is not classifiable under other criteria
provided in the wheat standards. There are no subclasses in this class. This class includes
any wheat which is other than red or white in color.
(8) Mixed wheat. Any mixture of wheat that consists of less than 90 percent of one class
and more than 10 percent of one other class, or a combination of classes that meet the
definition of wheat.
(b) Contrasting classes. Contrasting classes are:
(1) Durum wheat, Soft White wheat, and Unclassed wheat in the classes Hard Red Spring
wheat and Hard Red Winter wheat.
(2) Hard Red Spring wheat, Hard Red Winter wheat, Hard White wheat, Soft Red Winter
wheat, Soft White wheat, and Unclassed wheat in the class Durum wheat.
(3) Durum wheat and Unclassed wheat in the class Soft Red Winter wheat.
(4) Durum wheat, Soft Red Winter wheat, and Unclassed wheat, in the classes Hard
White wheat and Soft White wheat.
M-2
Effective May 2014
Wheat
(c) Damaged kernels. Kernels, pieces of wheat kernels, and other grains that are badly
ground-damaged, badly weather-damaged, diseased, frost-damaged, germ-damaged,
heat-damaged, insect-bored, mold-damaged, sprout-damaged, or otherwise materially
damaged.
(d) Defects. Damaged kernels, foreign material, and shrunken and broken kernels. The
sum of these three factors may not exceed the limit for the factor defects for each
numerical grade.
(e) Dockage. All matter other than wheat that can be removed from the original sample
by use of an approved device according to procedures prescribed in FGIS instructions.
Also, underdeveloped, shriveled, and small pieces of wheat kernels removed in properly
separating the material other than wheat and that cannot be recovered by properly
rescreening or recleaning.
(f) Foreign material. All matter other than wheat that remains in the sample after the
removal of dockage and shrunken and broken kernels.
(g) Heat-damaged kernels. Kernels, pieces of wheat kernels, and other grains that are
materially discolored and damaged by heat which remain in the sample after the removal
of dockage and shrunken and broken kernels.
(h) Other grains. Barley, corn, cultivated buckwheat, einkorn, emmer, flaxseed, guar,
hull-less barley, nongrain sorghum, oats, Polish wheat, popcorn, poulard wheat, rice, rye,
safflower, sorghum, soybeans, spelt, sunflower seed, sweet corn, triticale, and wild oats.
(i) Shrunken and broken kernels. All matter that passes through a 0.064 x 3/8 oblong-hole
sieve after sieving according to procedures prescribed in the FGIS instructions.
(j) Sieve. 0.064 x 3/8 oblong-hole sieve. A metal sieve 0.032 inch thick with oblong
perforations 0.064 inch by 0.375 (3/8) inch.
M-3
Effective May 2014
Wheat
M-4
Effective May 2014
Wheat
(b) Grades and grade requirements for Mixed wheat. Mixed wheat is graded according to
the U.S. numerical and U.S. Sample grade requirements of the class of wheat that
predominates in the mixture, except that the factor wheat of other classes is disregarded.
M-5
Effective May 2014