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Thanks. You learn something new every day.

Sam wrote:
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>> Why is that?
>>
>> I ask because all I have ever used is freshly-ground whole white
>> wheat, and it works quite well. Granted, I live in the San Francisco
>> Bay Area, but....
>>

> Higher germ count for sure. Grown in wetter areas than wheat, probably.
>
> In EU, it's in south - IT, RU-Ukraine all wheat and in north - SE, NO,
> FI, NO-DE, N-RU more or all rye.
>
> They have yearly crop reports on rye (probably also wheat) conditions.
>
> The rye kernels I get here in US-CO are from CAN.