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Bag of Rice | 100 lbs., also "pocket." |
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Barrel of Rice | 162 lbs. |
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Bran | The outer layer of brown rice composed of the pericarp, aleurone layer, and a portion of the germ. |
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Brewer's Rice | Milled rice containing less than 25% of whole kernels and broken rice that does not meet the requirements for Second Heads or Screenings. |
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Broken Kernels | Kernels of rice that are less than three fourths of whole kernels. |
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Brown Rice | Kernels of rice with the hull removed. |
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Chalky Kernels | Whole or large broken kernels of rice that are one half or more chalky. |
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Classes (or Types) | Long Grain, Medium Grain, Short Grain, and Mixed. |
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Coated Milled Rice | Milled rice that has been coated with a safe and suitable substance to enhance the appearance and increase the nutritional value. |
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Damaged Kernels | Whole or large broken kernels of rice that are distinctly discolored or damaged by water, insects, heat or any other means, and parboiled rice in non parboiled rice.. |
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Foreign Material | All matter other than rice and seeds. |
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Green Weight Pricing Basis | Contract for rice as it comes from the field prior to drying. |
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Granulated Brewers Milled Rice | Milled rice that has been crushed or granulated. |
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Head Rice | Whole kernels of milled rice. |
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Heat Damaged Kernels | Whole or large broken kernels of rice that are materially discolored and damaged as a result of heating. |
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Milled Rice | Whole kernels and broken kernels of rice with both the hull and bran layer removed. (Also called white rice). |
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| June l to May 31 wheat, oats, flax, barley September l to August 3l corn, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, hops, added canola; deleted dry edible beans Deleted feedstuffs, hay, and rice crop years |
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Milling Yield | An estimate of the quantity of whole kernels and total milled rice (whole and broken kernels combined) that are produced in the milling of rough rice to a well milled degree. 100 lbs. of rough rice will usually produce the following: 58 68 lbs. of head rice; 4 10 lbs. of second heads, screenings, and brewer's rice; 28 30 lbs. of hulls, bran, and polish; about 2 lbs. of waste. |
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Moisture | The water content in rough rice. |
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Objectionable Seeds | Seeds other than rice, except seeds of barnyard grass, watergrass, and Japanese millet. |
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Other Type | Whole kernels of long grain rice in medium or short grain rice, etc. |
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Paddy Rice | Another name for rough rice. |
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Parboiled Rice | in which the starch has been gelatinized by soaking, steaming and drying. |
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Polish | A powdery substance produced by a further refinement of milling rice, used mostly in baby food. |
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Red Rice | Whole or large broken kernels of rice on which there is an appreciable amount of red bran. |
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Rice Hulls | Outer shell of rough rice. |
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Rice Mill By product | A mixture of rice bran and hulls used for livestock feed. |
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Rough Rice | Kernels of rice as harvested from the field. |
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Screenings | Milled rice that contains less than 25% whole kernels and 75% medium to small brokens. |
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Second Heads | Milled rice that contains less than 25% whole kernels and 75% large brokens. |
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Seeds | Whole or broken seeds of any plant other than rice. |
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Smutty Kernels | Whole or broken kernels of rice that are distinctly infected by smut. |
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Ungelatinized Kernels | Whole or large broken kernels of parboiled rice with distinct white or chalky areas due to incomplete gelatinization of the starch. |
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Undermilled Milled Rice | Rice that is not equal to the milling requirements. |
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Unrelated Material | All matter other than rice, related material and seeds. |
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Weevily Rough Rice | Rough rice that is infested with live weevils or other live insects injurious to stored rice. |
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Well Milled Kernels | Whole or broken kernels of rice from which the hulls and practically all of the embryos and the bran layers have been removed. |
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Whole Kernel | Unbroken kernels of rice and broken kernels of rice that are at least three fourths of an unbroken kernel. |
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