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"functionally available" to the market. For instance, pockets of middleprotein and even high-protein wheat
were uncovered during the western
Kansas harvest. But much of this
wheat came from areas that also
saw widespread incidence of wheat
streak mosaic virus (W.S.M.V.),
which exacted a toll on quality. The
affected wheat had very low test
weight, so low that the wheat didn't
rise to the grade of No. 1 hard red
winter or in many instances even
to No. 2. To grade No. 2 hard red
winter, the wheat would have to
have a test weight of at least 58 lbs
per bu, and much of the W.M.S.V.damaged wheat had test weight in
the low to mid-50s. The protein in
the wheat was welcome. The question confronting millers and bakers
was how to employ the wheat for its
protein given its otherwise subpar
quality.
Given these circumstances, millers and bakers have been discussing
use of flour blended from hard red
winter wheat and hard red spring
wheat to achieve the protein content
required for certain baked products. Those bakers already employing blends may find it necessary to
buy flour with a higher percentage
of spring wheat flour in the mix.
Some bakers who prefer to use flour
milled solely from hard red winter
wheat may have to shift to using a

flour blend this crop year to achieve
the protein their products require.
In instances, these discussions
were extensions of those that took
place last year, when, because of
the low average protein of the 2016
hard red winter wheat crop, many
bakers adjusted to using flour with
the lowest possible protein required
to produce baked products meeting
their specifications.
The soft red winter wheat harvest
also was nearly completed by July
23. Combining across the South and
Delta states was concluded a few
weeks ago. The U.S.D.A. indicated
the harvest also was completed in
Missouri and Illinois, 96% completed in Indiana, 96% in Ohio and 70%
in Michigan (64% as the average
progress for the date).
The quality of soft red winter
wheat harvested in the Delta states
and South was far from stellar, but,
as expected, quality improved as
combining expanded in the key
Central states.
U.S. Wheat Associates in its July
21 harvest report indicated all 270 of
the expected samples from the crop
had been collected. While analysis of samples from eastern Illinois
and Indiana weren't yet completed,
based on data available to date, 2017
soft red winter wheat averaged 58.8
lbs in test weight (58.6 lbs in 2016),
320 seconds in falling number (330

Scoular adds to Idaho operations with
acquisition of grain handling facility
OMAHA, NEB. - The Scoular Co.
has finalized its purchase of a grain
handling facility adjacent to its existing ingredient and blending operation in Jerome, Idaho. Included in
Scoular 's purchase from Northside
Development Holding Co. was the
grinding and storage facility and
related equipment, 45 acres of adjacent land and 18,000 feet of railroad
track connected to the Eastern Idaho
Railroad. Terms of the transaction
were not announced.
The purchase of the Northside facility is another move by Scoular to
demonstrate its commitment to area
dairies, feeders and grain producers, said Todd Strayer, Scoular 's director of Western Feed Ingredients
located in Jerome.
"Scoular has been providing dairies and feeders in the Idaho market
with a variety of feed ingredients
and grains since the late 1990s,"
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Mr. Strayer said. "We've taken a
long-term, strategic approach to
serve customers in the region. The
addition of this facility is complementary to our existing operation.
In addition to supplying dairies and

feeders with ingredients, we are
buying and handling locally-grown
corn, barley and wheat."
According to the 2017 Grain &
Milling Annual, Scoular has a total
of 85 grain storage facilities with
120.1 million bus.
In 2006, Scoular completed the
construction of a 12,000-ton ingredient handling and storage facility
to provide a more consistent and
reliable supply of ingredients for
area dairies and feeders. The facility

seconds), 34.2 grams in thousand
kernel weight (32.3 grams) and 9.5%
in protein (9.4%). The average grade
of the 2017 crop was No. 2 soft
red winter, the same as in 2016. To
grade No. 1, the average test weight
would have had to be 60 lbs per bu
or higher.
Ohio millers and elevator operators indicated the state's crop was
very good, similar to that harvested
in 2016, with high test weight and
good milling and baking characteristics. The incidence of vomitoxin,
which in all too many years has
been the bane of many a soft wheat
producer 's crop, was exceptionally
low this year.
The U.S.D.A. in its July Crop Production report forecast the 2017 soft
red winter wheat crop at 305,637,000
bus, down 11% from 345,230,000 bus
in 2016. As forecast, the 2017 crop
would be the smallest since 2010
and would compare with the recent
five-year average outturn of 428
million bus.
The 2017 spring wheat harvest was
under way. The U.S.D.A. indicated
the South Dakota harvest was 28%
completed by July 23 compared with
17% a year earlier and 17% as the recent five-year average for the date.
Combining was expected to expand
into the other spring wheat states
of the Upper Midwest in the next
several days. MBN
allowed the company to unload unit
trains of distillers' grains and store
them and other feed ingredients
as well as trans-load them directly
from railcars to trucks. In 2014, the
company expanded its operation
and service by adding a commodity blending facility to produce custom-blended feed.
In addition to its expansion in
Jerome's Northside Development
Industrial Park, Scoular has been
steadily growing its presence in
Idaho and the surrounding area
over the past five years. In 2012,
the company purchased two grain
operations in Weiser, Idaho. Two
years later, Scoular began operating
a barge-loading facility in Burbank,
Wash., and purchased Evans Grain
& Elevator Co. assets in Ontario,
Ore., and Nampa and Notus, Idaho.
Prior to the purchase of the Northside facility, the company's most
recent strategic move was in 2015
with the construction of a grain facility in Aberdeen, Idaho. MBN
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