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D-falling-number Dictionary

Falling Number

A test of wheat's baking quality

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Plain meaning
A test of wheat's baking quality
How to use it
Protect wheat from rain at harvest; a low falling number downgrades it from bread wheat.
South African benchmark
South African wheat is graded for baking quality, including falling number (Article 5).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M2-U5
Calculate it
T-M2-05 Market Price Comparator
Library sources
LIB-A005, LIB-A006, LIB-P-Wheat, LIB-P-Wheat-IP
See also
Grading
Small Grains and Sorghum: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedSmall Grains and Sorghum: how the business runsSold bytonnes (t) per hectare1Plant2Grow3Harvest4Store5Sell to miller, brewer or boardZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Small Grains and Sorghum Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M2 Small Grains and Sorghum.