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D-grading Dictionary

Grading

Sorting produce into quality classes that carry different prices

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Plain meaning
Sorting produce into quality classes that carry different prices
How to use it
Learn the buyer's grades before harvest and manage the crop to hit the top grade; the price gap between grades is often larger than the margin.
South African benchmark
South African grain, fruit and meat are all sold on formal grades.
Country notes
Zimbabwe's 2026 seed cotton grades ranged from US$0.43 for Grade A to US$0.35 for Grade D per kg.
Go and read
C2 Lesson 2.3, C4 Lesson 4.3
Calculate it
T-M1-05 Market Price Comparator
Library sources
LIB-A019, LIB-A058, LIB-P-Maize, LIB-P-Maize-IP
See also
Specification, Aflatoxin
Maize: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedMaize: how the business runsSold bytonnes (t) per hectare1Plant2Grow3Harvest4Dry and store5Sell to GMB, miller or feedZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Maize Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M1 Maize.