Most flours you buy are likely a blend of multiple varieties or at least from different farms.  The characteristics of locally grown grains can vary widely from year to year and may or may not reflect what is typical for their variety.  It might help to look at some of the following generalizations for baked goods before looking through the flours I have available to purchase.  Grains can also be milled to varying levels of fineness.  The most coarse is a cracked grain.  The next most fine would what I use for my bread flour and I think what would have been termed a "graham flour" in the old days.  The next level of fineness is a pastry flour and then perhaps a cake flour.  Because of my relatively small stone mills, my ability to produce super fine flour is very limited.

Baked Good Example	Flour Strength	Protein
High sugar cakes	Very weak soft	8%
Heavier Cakes	Medium soft	9-9.5%
Muffins	Medium soft	9-9.5%
Drop cookies	Medium soft	9-9.5%
Pie Crusts	Strong soft or medium hard	10-11%
Crackers	Strong soft or medium hard	10-11%
Cinnamon Rolls	75% strong hard 25% medium soft
Croissants	80% strong hard 20% very weak soft
Pan breads	Strength needed varies widely, but probably want at least a strong soft or the equivalent in blended flours
Hearth breads	Strong hard	12%+
Pasta	Very strong hard	15%+

Type	Variety	Source	Production	Description		Price of whole grain (per lb)	Price of milled flour or cracked grain (per lb)
Wheat	Red Fife	Loiselle Farm in Saskatchewan, Canada	Certified Organic	This landrace wheat originated in Ukraine.  An Ontario farmer named David Fife obtained it from a friend in Scotland in 1842.  It was planted in the USA by 1860.  This is a hard red wheat and rich and complex flavor that hints at the wealth of possibilities out there in other heirloom wheats.  I find that the dough weakens significantly with time and sourdough, but its robust flavor makes up for its limitations.		$1.75	$2.50
	Ble De Marquis	Loiselle Farm in Saskatchewan, Canada	Certified Organic	A variety selected by Loiselle Farm with heirloom origins and a great flavor that is a blend of golden and red wheats in color and flavor.		$1.75	$2.50
	Arapahoe	Purchased from Cohen Farm in Chatham County, NC	Certified Organic	This is a pretty good wheat, but came in with just 10% protein and not a strong stand so I worked with Murray to plant some different varieties for harvest in 2012.  It has some barley with hulls accidentally mixed in to the grain that I couldn't separate with the cleaner, so I have to sift those out after milling.		$1.00	$1.25
	Unknown (Hard Red Spring Wheat)	Purchased from Natural Way Mill and most likely is a Spring Wheat from Canada	Certified Organic	Good all-around hard red wheat.		$1.50	$1.75
	Soft	Purchased from Lindley Mills, but source unknown	Certified Organic	Good all-around soft wheat.		$1.25	$1.50
	Golden Wheat [Currently Sold Out]	Purchased from Natural Way Mill	Certified Organic	A great tasting golden wheat that I have really enjoyed using in the naturally leavened hearth breads. I'm trying to use up some of my other inventory of grains before I purchase more and might have a great local alternative come Fall 2012 - Appalachian White
	Khorasan (formerly called Kamut)	High plains of Montana	Certified Organic	The variety I am currently using is called Kamut (TM).  I get it through Wheat Montana.  There is lots of additional information on the Kamut link, but this is an ancient grain that is in the same group as Durum and Emmer wheat.  Because of the trademark rules, I'm going to refer to it as Khorasan now hoping that we can get it grown locally.		$2.00	$2.25
Spelt	Uberkulmer	Purchased from Cohen Farm in Chatham County, NC	Certified Organic	This variety is harder than the Sungold and has more of a nutty flavor.  Spelt is similar to golden wheat in that it doesn't have the distinctive bitter tannin flavor of a red wheat.  Yes, it does have gluten, but some people tolerate it in Spelt better than they do wheat.		$1.50	$1.75
Other	Buckwheat	Purchased from Bread Beckers, but source unknown	Certified Organic			$2.50	$2.75
	Oat	Wheat Montana (Grown in the high plains of MT)	Certified Chemical Free (conventional fertilizer, but organic other than that)			$1.75	$2.00
	Quinoa	Purchased from Bread Beckers, but source unknown	Certified Organic			$4.00	$4.25
	Barley	Purchased from Natural Way Mill, but source unknown	Certified Organic			$1.50	$1.75
Rye	Wren's Abruzzi	Purchased Okfuskee Farm in Chatham County, NC and Longleaf Plantation in Orangeburg, SC	Certified Organic	This variety is a combination forage/grain variety and has a very nice mild flavor that lacks some of the sharpness of other Rye's.  It has a distinctive light brown to dark brown coloring and lacks the greenish tint of most Rye varieties.  All my Dark Rye lover's preferred this over what I had been using.		$1.50	$1.75