Please click here for updated addresses. Contact our webmaster . Darrell Bushuk, the wheat board's Asia Pacific marketing manager, said Kim isn't alone. He said high moisture content in Canadian grain is a concern for grain buyers from warm climates. They don't want to pay for shipping damp grain.
Water is cheaper than grain and it is less expensive to add it than buy it.
American and Australian high protein wheat contains much lower moisture levels. Kim said American Dark Northern Spring 14 percent wheat arrives in South Korea at 10 or 11 percent moisture, as does Australian wheat. Canadian Western Red Spring 13.5 percent wheat has 13 or 14 percent moisture. He said this hurts Canada's competitiveness in Asian markets. Wheat board director Jim Chatenay said farmers can now deliver grain at 14.5 percent moisture, which is considered dry by Canadian standards.