Editing Wheat (section)

=== Grain classes ===

{{main|Wheat grain classes}}

Classification of wheat greatly varies by the producing country.{{sfn|Khan|2016|pp=109-116}}

[[Argentina]]'s grain classes were formerly related to the production region or port of shipment: ''Rosafe'' (grown in [[Santa Fe province]], shipped through [[Rosario, Argentina|Rosario]]), ''Bahia Blanca'' (grown in [[Buenos Aires province|Buenos Aires]] and [[La Pampa]] provinces and shipped through [[Bahia Blanca]]), ''Buenos Aires'' (shipped through the [[port of Buenos Aires]]). While mostly similar to the US Hard Red Spring wheat, the classification caused inconsistencies, so Argentina introduced three new classes of wheat, with all names using a prefix ''Trigo Dura Argentina'' (TDA) and a number.{{sfn|Khan|2016|pp=109-110}}

The grain classification in [[Australia]] is within the purview of its National Pool Classification Panel. Australia chose to measure the protein content at 11% [[moisture basis]].{{sfn|Khan|2016|p=110}}

The decisions on the wheat classification in [[Canada]] are coordinated by the Variety Registration Office of the [[Canadian Food Inspection Agency]]. Like in the US system, the eight classes in [[Western Canada]] and six classes in [[Eastern Canada]] are based on colour, season, and hardness. Canada has a unique requirement that the varieties of wheat grains should allow for purely visual identification.{{sfn|Khan|2016|pp=110-111}}

The wheat grain classes used in the [[Wheat production in the United States|United States]] are named by colour, season, and hardness:<ref name="Bridgwater-1966">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Bridgwater |first1=W. |last2=Aldrich |first2=Beatrice |year=1966 |chapter=Wheat |title=The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia |publisher=Columbia University Press |page=1959}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-1981">{{cite news |title=Flour types: Wheat, Rye, and Barley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/18/garden/flour-types-wheat-rye-and-barley.html |work=The New York Times |date=18 February 1981}}</ref><ref name="USDA">{{cite web |title=Wheat: Background |url=http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/wheat/background.aspx |publisher=USDA |access-date=2 October 2016}}</ref>