bushel
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At 60 pounds to the bushel, that is roughly 800 pounds of soybeans for every American.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
By 1935, Ford was using roughly a bushel of soybeans in the manufacture of every automobile.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Wheat prices surged to record highs above $13 per bushel in early 2022.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 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
“Yes, sir,” I said, trying to hide my light under a bushel, as my father had that morning advised me.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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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
The Department of Agriculture lowered its 2026 U.S. wheat production outlook to 1.56 billion bushels amid drought conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
That crop is now seen at 1.05 billion bushels, down roughly 350 million bushels from last year and roughly 100 million lower than forecast by surveyed analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
By late morning, we had several bushels of crabs sitting there, all separated in bushel baskets.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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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
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
So his third evil is the busheling and harrying of genius….
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort