Milling Journal - Q3 2008 - (Page 31)

2008 Wheat Crop Quality K-State Specialist Mark Fowler sees a return to near-normal levels Quality of the 2008 hard red winter (HRW) and soft red winter (SRW) crops appears to have returned to relatively normal levels compared to previous years. That was the assessment delivered Aug. 1 by Mark Fowler, director of technical services for the International Grains Program at Kansas State University, Manhattan (785-532-1189). He spoke at a joint meeting Mark Fowler of the Central and Wheat State districts of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) in Lake of the Ozarks, MO. HRW Crop His preliminary results showed the HRW crop in 2008 returning close to the five-year average on protein levels at about 12.3%. The five-year average is around 12.4%. That follows two years of extremes. The 2006 crop was ravaged by drought but averaged a high 13.0% on protein, illustrating the often inverse relationship between yield and protein. In 2007, the opposite occurred. Yields in the HRW-growing areas recovered sharply, but protein levels were low, not much more than 11.5%. An exception in 2008 has been in Texas and Oklahoma, where protein levels have been lower than in 2007. Another exception has been somewhat higher-than-normal levels of DON or vomitoxin in the 2008 HRW crop in areas farther west than this mycotoxin commonly is seen. DON develops when the head scab fungus infects wheat. A relatively late harvest under damp conditions contributed to the development of DON, which was averaging 15 to 16 ppm in Kansas, with some areas of the state reporting up to 30 ppm. Millers using wheat from affected areas are advised to test for DON, but overall it’s not a major problem nationwide. SRW Crop Relatively little DON has been seen, Response No. 311 meanwhile, in the 2008 SRW crop, which is grown across the eastern half of the United States. It’s been an average year for protein levels in SRW, running about 9.8% compared to 10.3% in 2007. However, the overall crop is larger than has been seen in a number of years. With its July production prediction of 607.6 million bushels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has forecast a crop nearly double the size of the 2007 crop, which was roughly 350 million bushels. MILLING JOURNAL Third Quarter 2008 31 http://ww.vigenconstruction.com http://ww.vigenconstruction.com

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Milling Journal - Q3 2008 Contents Milling News Far West Rice Generates Own Power New IAOM-KSU Resident Courses Theodore "Ted" Korolchuk: Miller of the Year IAOM News New IGP Wheat/Flour Web Site Wheat Tempering and Surfactants New ADM Milling Center 2008-09 IAOM Officers Controlling Condensation International IAOM Meetings Pest Management/Subramanyam 2008 Wheat Crop Quality Report Product Quality/Gwirtz Buhler 2009 Resident Courses Northern U.S. Wheat/Backman Horizon Milling to Close ON Mill 2nd Quarter Milling Production Chilled Rolls Belting Product Reviews Milling News Enrichments Phil Weisenberger Obituary Material Handling Pneumatic Systems Mixers Roller Mills Roll Corrugation Product Reviews Storage Transportation Equipment Product/Service Directory Ad Index

Milling Journal - Q3 2008

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