The Grade Report
Bear River Walnut RanchSaturday, October 17, 202677 QC sheets · latest Oct 17
ClimaBear River Walnut Ranch · Estación de Wheatland
71°
Dry
Humidity 70% · punto de rocío 61°
Viento 0 SE · ráfaga 9 · rain 0.00"
Today so far 89° / 47° · a partir de 7:15 PM
Sat
88°
61°
Sun
83°
50°
Mon
72°
48°
☂ 1%
Tue
72°
44°
Wed
71°
49°
☂ 7%
Thu
74°
46°
☂ 24%
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Huller report7:09 PM
7bins drying of 44
0en objetivo
7filled today
18dumped today
4trucks today
Aoff
Boff
Cquemador encendido11h 13m
Doff
Exterior
71° 70%
1.6 g/kg
Intake (Lower)
78° 46%
nuts settle at 5.3%
Exhaust (Upper)
94° 56%
3.3 g/kg
g/kg = water the air can still take. Outside 1.6, exhaust 3.3 · outside air alone would hold nuts at 8.3%
Top story
Best and weakest block on edible yield
NBR3 grades highest at 51.8% edible; BR2 is lowest at 41.9%.
See the numbers ›
NBR3
+8.3 pts
Durham edible yield leads Chandler
Durham averages 51.5% edible against Chandler at 43.2% 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 58% for Chandler.
BR5
Block with the lightest kernels
BR5 grades 99% light on average; NBR1 is darkest at 76%.
12.1 pts
Spread between the best and worst load
Best load 52.8% edible (Durham); worst 40.7% (Chandler BR2).
Dentro
797% lightLightest kernel color by variety
Chandler grades 97% extra light plus light, Solano only 81%. 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.
92.4 shrivelDurham shrivels the most
Durham averages 2.4 shriveled kernels per 100, Chandler 0.6. Shrivel points at water stress or late harvest.
10-3.1 ptsSolano edible yield against last season
Solano is at 47.1% edible over 9 loads this season, behind 2025 at 50.1%.
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%.
128.4%BR10 left the dryer wettest
Our probes had BR10 at 8.4% at send on average; BR6 went out driest at 6.3%.
131.6 moldChandler has the most mold
Chandler averages 1.6 moldy kernels per 100, against 0.5 for Durham. Mold is the largest single defect cost.
148.6%ShoEi graded BR2 wettest
On the grade sheets BR2 averages 8.6% moisture; BR6 is driest at 6.9%.
159% darkBlock with the darkest kernels
NBR1 grades 9% amber plus black; BR1 only 0%. Dark kernels are the biggest price deduction.
163.1Durham carries the most serious defects
Durham runs 3.1 serious defects per 100 kernels, against 2.5 for Chandler.
17NBR +1.5Chandler: the ranches do not grade alike
Chandler from North Bear River averages 44.6% edible, from Bear River 43.1%.
18±0.5How repeatable is a ShoEi moisture test
On 35 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.
190.0 ptsShoEi moisture against our dryness at send
Across 77 graded loads ShoEi reads 0.0 points drier than our probes on average, with a load-to-load spread of 0.9 points.
207.4%Wettest variety on the grade sheet
ShoEi has Chandler at 7.4% moisture on average, Durham driest at 7.0%.
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.