bushel
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Wheat prices surged to record highs above $13 per bushel in early 2022.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
Corn futures rose above $7 per bushel in early 2022 as commodities traders weighed fertilizer shortages and supply disruptions.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
In undertaking this role, one of the most challenging and revered in 20th-century theater, he willfully—and rewardingly—hides that blazing light under a proverbial bushel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Chicago wheat futures were up 1.1% at $6.24 a bushel in morning European trade, after rising above $6.41 earlier in the session.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
As for the half bushel of potatoes, they had begun to sprout in their sack.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal on average projected U.S. wheat output at 1.52 billion bushels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had forecast 2026 total wheat production to total 1.73 billion bushels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
He explained that the U.S. balance sheet doesn’t have another 294 million bushels of available soybeans to export, especially if the U.S. government delivers strong biofuel quotas as expected in a matter of weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
The purchase of an additional 8 million tons of soybeans by China equates to roughly 294 million bushels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Every day they bestowed upon the statue of Bel twelve bushels of flour, forty sheep, and fifty gallons of wine.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
So his third evil is the busheling and harrying of genius….
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington
They got enough to keep 'em busy busheling the jobs them war correspondents turns in on them.
From Worrying Won't Win by Glass, Montague
He did mostly cutting and fitting, but some "busheling."
From The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress by Haynes, George Edmund
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