The Grade Report
Bear River Walnut RanchTuesday, November 10, 202685 QC sheets · latest Oct 22
WeatherBear River Walnut Ranch · Wheatland station
44°
Damp, near dew point
Humidity 94% · dew point 42°
Wind 1 NW · gust 4 · rain 0.00"
Today so far 49° / 42° · as of 7:15 AM
Tue
76°
42°
Wed
74°
43°
Thu
73°
44°
☂ 2%
Fri
62°
52°
☂ 46%
Sat
63°
47°
☂ 10%
Sun
59°
46°
☂ 45%
Forecast: BlightCaster / Weather Tools
Huller report8:07 AM
0bins drying of 44
0at target
0filled today
0dumped today
0trucks today
Aburner on6d
Bburner on6d
Cburner on6d
Dburner on6d
Outside
44° 94%
0.2 g/kg
Intake (Lower)
55° 65%
nuts settle at 8.2%
Exhaust (Upper)
0° 0%
0.8 g/kg
g/kg = water the air can still take. Outside 0.2, exhaust 0.8 · outside air alone would hold nuts at 16.0%
Top story
Best and weakest block on edible yield
NBR3 grades highest at 51.8% edible; BR2 is lowest at 41.9%.
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NBR3
+8.1 pts
Durham edible yield leads Chandler
Durham averages 51.5% edible against Chandler at 43.3% with no overlap between them.
See the numbers ›BR2
Block with the most serious defects
BR2 averages 6.0 serious defects per 100 kernels; BR11 is cleanest at 0.8.
See the numbers › 92% jumbo
Biggest nuts by variety
Durham sizes 92% jumbo against 60% for Chandler.
BR5
Block with the lightest kernels
BR5 grades 99% light on average; NBR1 is darkest at 76%.
12.4 pts
Spread between the best and worst load
Best load 52.8% edible (Durham); worst 40.4% (Solano).
Inside
796% lightLightest kernel color by variety
Chandler grades 96% extra light plus light, Solano only 82%. Light color sets the quality premium.
8BR9Block with the most mold
BR9 averages 2.6 moldy kernels per 100; NBR3 is cleanest at 0.0.
9-3.7 ptsSolano edible yield against last season
Solano is at 46.4% edible over 10 loads this season, behind 2025 at 50.1%.
102.4 shrivelDurham shrivels the most
Durham averages 2.4 shriveled kernels per 100, Chandler 0.6. Shrivel points at water stress or late harvest.
1148.7%Best week of the season so far
The week of Sep 21 averaged 48.7% edible; the week of Oct 5 was lowest at 43.0%.
128.5%NBR5b left the dryer wettest
Our probes had NBR5b at 8.5% at send on average; BR6 went out driest at 6.3%.
133.7Solano carries the most serious defects
Solano runs 3.7 serious defects per 100 kernels, against 2.6 for Chandler.
141.7 moldChandler has the most mold
Chandler averages 1.7 moldy kernels per 100, against 0.5 for Durham. Mold is the largest single defect cost.
158.6%ShoEi graded BR2 wettest
On the grade sheets BR2 averages 8.6% moisture; BR6 is driest at 6.9%.
169% darkBlock with the darkest kernels
NBR1 grades 9% amber plus black; NBR5b only 0%. Dark kernels are the biggest price deduction.
17NBR +1.6Chandler: the ranches do not grade alike
Chandler from North Bear River averages 44.8% edible, from Bear River 43.1%.
180.8 insectSolano shows the most insect damage
Solano averages 0.8 insect-damaged kernels per 100, against 0.1 for Durham.
19+0.6 ptsChandler as the season goes on
Later Chandler loads grade 43.6% edible against 43.0% for the earlier ones. Mold went from 1.4 to 1.9 per 100.
20±0.5How repeatable is a ShoEi moisture test
On 41 loads tested twice, the two readings differ by 0.5 points on average and 1.5 at worst. A single ShoEi number is good to about that.
Every story is recomputed from the QC sheets each time this page loads and ranked by how striking it is. Directional and advisory. Small samples and mixed-block loads can move these; confirm before acting.