Wheat Analysis System Methods – Wheat Moisture (WMIST)

A small sample is ground on a Tecator Cemotec 1090 Sample Mill. The reference test uses 2 g of ground wheat heated in an aluminum dish in a forced-draft oven for 40 min at 130, allowed to cool and weighed. AACC modified Method 44-16 (1) (OVENWMIST). Generally, 10% or 3 samples (whichever is higher) are used per nursery to obtain the oven wheat moisture. The results are averaged and the mean is applied as the Wheat Moisture (WMIST) in the WAS system.