bushel
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The corn and soybean farmer watched as prices fell from $7 a bushel for corn in early 2022 to just $4.29 three years later.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
By 1935, Ford was using roughly a bushel of soybeans in the manufacture of every automobile.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
In another potential inflationary development, corn for December delivery rose 4.5% to $4.81 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade after the Department of Agriculture slashed its estimates for domestic yields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
Several grubby urchins stood around a bushel basket on the table, clutching winter apples.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The very night he died, in 1935, his widow and her sister shoveled bushels of his private papers into their West Adams mansion’s basement incinerator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
U.S. farmers will produce a record-breaking harvest of 4.52 billion bushels of soybeans in 2026, according to projections from the U.S.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
That’s down 5 million bushels from the agency’s projection last month, and remains the smallest wheat crop grown in the U.S. since 1970.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
For corn, that is slightly higher than analyst estimates of 15.95 billion bushels, while for soybeans, it is lower than expectations of 4.45 billion bushels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
“Off with you to Dr. Westminster, then. Come straight back to the Incorrigible dormitory when you are done. Remember, you will have important responsibilities to attend to later! Careful with your bushels, please.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
He did mostly cutting and fitting, but some "busheling."
From The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress by George Edmund Haynes
They got enough to keep 'em busy busheling the jobs them war correspondents turns in on them.
From Worrying Won't Win by Montague Glass
So his third evil is the busheling and harrying of genius….
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort
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