bushel
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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
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
He lay the bread on the table next to the bushel basket and all the children’s eyes fixed on him attentively.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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 eldest is Kenny Heath, 63, a commercial fisherman who hauled in 32 bushels of crabs the day he put his 40-foot boat to the test in Pocomoke City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Along with bushels of cash, the new investing powers will receive something else from these deals: new scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
So Askar had all the latest village gossip, and helped Baba Haji pen the goats and carry the pomegranate bushels.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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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