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bushel

[boosh-uhl] / ˈbʊʃ əl /
NOUN
large quantity
Synonyms
STRONG
gobs heap loads lot million pile reams scads trillion wad

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Wheat futures rose more than 20% in the first quarter to around $6 a bushel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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

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

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Those cents per bushel can make all the difference between turning a profit and losing money this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

For example, when I visited George Naylor in 2005, it cost him about $2.50 to grow a bushel of corn.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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