USDA Wheat Standards

About this standard

The United States Standards for Wheat, maintained by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (7 CFR §§ 810.2201-810.2205), define the grade factors used to inspect and classify wheat in US trade — including test weight, damaged kernels, foreign material, and shrunken and broken kernels. Vibe workflows can measure some of the same visual characteristics — damaged kernels, foreign material, and shrunken and broken kernels — for internal comparison and visual screening. Characteristics outside image-based measurement require the applicable official or laboratory method, and this does not constitute an official USDA grade.