I received the weekly harvest report from the US Dep't of Agriculture yesterday, Jul 28. Based on that report, the following are the latest tentative Chodosh starting dates
Oats other than cereals packing date of Aug 5, purchase date Aug 19 >Oats in most cereals packing date of Sept 1, purchase date Sept 15 >Quaker oats packing Aug 19, purchase Aug 29 >Oats in Cheerios packing Sept 15, purchase Oct 1 Spring wheat >freshly baked bakery products, pizza, etc Aug 13 in the midwest, Aug 20 elsewhere >packaged foods with spring wheat, packing date of Aug 13, purchase date Aug 29 Barley packing date of Aug 20, purchase date Sept 3 These are tentative dates, subject to change. Y. Herman
