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bushel

[boosh-uhl] / ˈbʊʃ əl /


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By 1935, Ford was using roughly a bushel of soybeans in the manufacture of every automobile.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

At 60 pounds to the bushel, that is roughly 800 pounds of soybeans for every American.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

The most-active contract is now up 2.9% to $6.49 a bushel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Wheat prices surged to record highs above $13 per bushel in early 2022.

From MarketWatch May 4, 2026

The stovepipe came clattering down from the ceiling, belching a bushel of black soot all over us and the room, including the head of Abraham Lincoln.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

The outlook for U.S. ending stocks was also adjusted for 2026, pegging corn at 1.79 billion bushels, soybeans at 310 million bushels, and wheat at 722 million bushels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 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

We were averaging ten bushels of oysters a day.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

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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