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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

Wheat last traded up 0.9% for the session at $7.55 a bushel, on pace for its highest close since July 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 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

Their grandmother was out in one field, wearing a broad straw hat, picking tomatoes into another of the bushel baskets.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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

Projected yield for this year was reduced to 52.7 bushels an acre from 53 bushels an acre forecast last month.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 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

It was the orchard after the harvest, with bushels of apples under all of the trees.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

So his third evil is the busheling and harrying of genius….

From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort

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




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