bushel
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Wheat prices surged to record highs above $13 per bushel in early 2022.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 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
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
The most-active soybeans contract settled at $10.43 a bushel on Wednesday, down 10% from November’s high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
In paper money, two thousand dollars would not buy a bushel of corn.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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Surveyed analysts had forecast corn production to fall from last month to 15.97 billion bushels, and soybeans to climb from the previous month to 4.46 billion bushels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
For corn, that is slightly higher than analyst estimates of 15.95 billion bushels, while for soybeans, it is lower than expectations of 4.45 billion bushels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Matt Gardiner recently climbed a series of 90-foot grain bins to measure millions of bushels of corn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Brady ran like was lugging two bushels of oysters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 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
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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 Glass, Montague
So his third evil is the busheling and harrying of genius….
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington
He did mostly cutting and fitting, but some "busheling."
From The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress by Haynes, George Edmund