bushel

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At about $4.67 a bushel, the price is in line with that of a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Most-active soybean futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade are up 2.4% to roughly $10.92 a bushel, the highest level in nearly two months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Today, benchmark corn prices are about $4.20 per bushel, up from recent lows of about $3.70.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Corn prices were north of $8 per bushel in early 2022.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

The government paid him well for every bushel of alfalfa he did not grow.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller