b'WHAT IF OCULAR GRAIN GRADING COULD BE FASTER, MORE ACCURATE, AND OBJECTIVE?BY: LINNA PETERSSALES REPRESENTATIVE, CGRAING rain grading has long been a monotonous,The results? Objective grading with high repro-subjective, and time-consuming task.ducibility, no matter how many samples go through Skilled graders are increasingly scarcethe instrument or the number of times the same and costly, while global standards for grain yieldsample is analyzed.and quality continue to rise. To address this chal-lenge, Cgrain, together with Lantmnnen, offer anOVERVIEW OF YIELD AND QUALITYAI-driven image analysis solution that automatesThe monotony, subjectivity, and inconsistency of ocular grain inspection. This innovation offersocular analysis are factors that directly impact grain objective, reproducible, and scalable quality controland seed quality. Without reliable grading, it is diffi-to increase high-quality yield across the grain valuecult to know whether the grains moving forward are chain. Anyone involved with manual ocular analysistruly the best, and if valuable kernels are discarded knows that it comes with several issues. Here areunnecessarily.Linna Peters, salesthree main issues and how Cgrain offers a solutionThe Cgrain Value Sorter changes this. Using its representative at Cgrain. for them. advanced sorting mechanism, each kernel is imaged and categorized, but also physically directed by the TIME AND MONOTONY instrument to the accept or reject bucket below. This Inspecting grain samples kernel-by-kernel, coveringprocess gives complete transparency as you can see all surfaces of every grain, is not only repetitive butthe image of every kernel and whether it was accepted also highly time consuming and demanding. or rejected. This allows you to make more informed Cgrain solves this with its patented V-shapeddecisions, get a better overview, and increase your mirror design. As each kernel passes through thehigh-quality yieldbecause only the best grains mirror, a built-in camera captures an image coveringmove forward.more than 90% of the grains surfaceincludingWe feel incredibly honoured and grateful the backside. This technology replicates the pre- for being named the 3rd runner-up at the 2025 cision of detecting the same physical defects theEuroseeds InnovAction Awards in Edinburgh. It is human eye is capable ofwithout fatigue or sub- truly a significant and meaningful achievement for jectivity. In addition, the instrument analyses kernelus at Cgrain. Being a start-up, having the financial size, thousand kernel weight, and sieving. Themeans and network to expand is always a challenge, instrument automatically categorizes each kernelmaking this recognition very meaningful to us. This Moa Kllgren, managingaccording to quality parameters, quantitatively andaward has provided us with a platform through which director of Cgrain. with images that can be accessed and saved. Thiswe are excited to develop new partnerships, collabo-solution eliminates monotony and frees up valuablerations, and adapt our innovation to the demands of time for graders to focus on other critical tasks. the global grain industry. Most of all, we are eager to show a wider part of the grain industry who we are, SUBJECTIVITY AND INCONSISTENCY what we do, and what value Cgrain can offer, says Manual ocular analysis relies on human judgement,Moa Kllgren, managing director of Cgrain.which introduces subjectivity and inconsistency.Our ambition is to become the number one This makes achieving high accuracy and reproduc- choice for automated ocular grain analysis tools. We ibility challenging. want to contribute to better and improved quality Cgrain solves this by using AI models trainedanalysis in the global grain value chain. We continue on a rich database of grain images collected overto develop analysis for small grains like wheat, and several years across global regions, in collaborationother cereals to meet the demands of the market. We with expert graders, grain authorities, and research- also continue our work on certification and approvals ers worldwide. Not only does this provide us withof our analysis method. With our objective, accu-a rich and robust database, but we can also offerrate, and reproducible analyses, we can offer a higher the flexibility to adapt our analysis models accord- degree of fair trading from farmer to industry while ing to the costumers specific defect definitions andminimizing waste along the grain value chain.demands. The analysis performs consistently acrossFor more information, please visit www.Cgrain.ai all Cgrain instruments placed at different stages ofor follow up on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/the grain value chain, up until refinement. company/cgrain/posts/?feedView=all 12ISEED WORLD EUROPEISEEDWORLD.COM/EUROPE | FEBRUARY 2026'