Is this normal for wheat?

[Farmer Fin]

We grew a small area of Insitor this year and it appears to have done ok. My only question is there are a lot of small caramel coloured grains in the sample. What causes this? It was grown next to Barrell and it’s all normal.

 

[PSQ]

Its a sign of high protein levels in wheat. It goes a dark colour, almost translucent, like Pears soap:

 

[Farmer Fin]

Does that mean it’s worth more money?????

 

[teslacoils]

No. The amber ones are all pinched as if they haven't filled properly. When we grew cordiale the grains looked like little nuggets of amber.

 

[Farmer Fin]

No. The amber ones are all pinched as if they haven't filled properly. When we grew cordiale the grains looked like little nuggets of amber.

Yes they are pinched. We wondered if it had run out of steam. The heads were a lot longer than the Barrell next to it.

 

[4course]

this year weve found the hard wheats have more pinched grains gleam/gravity although have higher bushel weight ( both soft and hard well over the standard) against the softs skyscraper/saki with the later having the boldest grains , in terms of yield/acre highest skyscraper ,joint second saki and gravity ,lowest gleam by enough to put us off growing a big acerage . The saki could have done better if bits hadnt been underwater in the spring but it survived tillered well and stayed clear of disease so will get an increase in acres

 

[FarmerBruce]

this year weve found the hard wheats have more pinched grains gleam/gravity although have higher bushel weight ( both soft and hard well over the standard) against the softs skyscraper/saki with the later having the boldest grains , in terms of yield/acre highest skyscraper ,joint second saki and gravity ,lowest gleam by enough to put us off growing a big acerage . The saki could have done better if bits hadnt been underwater in the spring but it survived tillered well and stayed clear of disease so will get an increase in acres

Is your bushel weight ok on the saki? Ours is very disappointing compared to every other variety

 

[4course]

Is your bushel weight ok on the saki? Ours is very disappointing compared to every other variety

yes its fine, and the straw perfect for little bales of gold !!

 

[Walton2]

You should be ashamed….your carbon capture crop hasn’t performed correctly. However, the lack of carbohydrate in that sample will have necessarily increased it’s protein content .Millers that are not concerned with your farms carbon footprint may well be interested in it!