bushel

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That’s down from the agency’s previous estimate of 16.81 billion bushels, but still the most corn ever produced by U.S. farmers in a marketing year by nearly 1.5 billion bushels from the previous record.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Gospel of Matthew advises Christians to not hide their light under a bushel basket.

From The Wall Street Journal

Brazil alone has shipped around 2.5 billion bushels to China this year, while U.S. exports have been relatively small, she noted.

From MarketWatch

Some farmers who have already sold bushels from this year’s crop are facing financial losses.

From The Wall Street Journal

China’s purchase of 257 million bushels of Argentina soybeans represents one quarter of that country’s soybean and soybean meal production.

From The Wall Street Journal