bushel
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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
Benchmark corn prices, a key commodity for U.S. farmers, traded below $3.50 per bushel in 2017 before rising above $8 in 2022.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
At the local grain elevator, Guinnip is offered about $10 a bushel for his soybeans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
Corn prices were north of $8 per bushel in early 2022.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
He came back with three bushel baskets full of groceries, fresh apples and oranges, garden vegetables, and two chickens.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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