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How many bushels is a pound?
56 Pounds
Section 600.TABLE B Standard Weight Per Bushel for Agricultural Commodities
| Alfalfa Seed | Per Bushel | 60 Pounds |
|---|---|---|
| Corn, Shelled | Per Bushel | 56 Pounds |
| Cotton Seed | Per Bushel | 32 Pounds |
| Cranberries | Per Bushel | 33 Pounds |
| Cucumbers | Per Bushel | 48 Pounds |
How many pounds of grain are in a bushel?
60 pounds
For wheat, one bushel equals 60 pounds of wheat or approximately one million wheat kernels. A common semi-truck grain hopper can hold approximately 1,000 bushels of wheat – or 60,000 pounds of wheat in a single load.
How many tons is a BU?
Conversion Table
| 1 bushel of soybeans | = 60 pounds = 10.7 pounds of crude soy oil = 47.5 pounds of soybean meal = 39 pounds of soy flour = 20 pounds of soy protein concentrate = 11.8 pounds of isolated soy protein |
|---|---|
| 1 metric ton of soybeans | = 36.74 bushels |
| 1 short ton of soybeans | = 33.33 bushels = 0.907 metric tons |
How do you convert bushels to pounds?
Use percent dry matter in making conversions because the problem is to obtain the same weight of dry matter as is found in a standard bushel. For example, a standard bushel of wheat contains 60 pounds at 13.5 percent moisture. Thus, 86.5 percent dry matter (100-13.5) x 60 pounds = 51.9 pounds of dry matter.
What weight is a bushel?
To facilitate the trading of grain, the USDA created weight standards for each grain so that grain could be weighed to determine the number of bushels rather than trying to make volume measurements. Corn was assigned a bushel weight of 56 pounds, while soybeans and wheat were assigned bushel weights of 60 pounds.
What is a bushel of crop?
Word forms: bushels A bushel is a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons (35.2 liters).
How many pounds are in a half bushel?
Vegetables Retail Units and Weights
| Commodity | Retail Unit (volume) | Net Weight (pounds) |
|---|---|---|
| Onions, Green | bunch 48 bunches | 15 to 18 |
| Peas, Green | bushel peck | 28 to 30 7 to 8 |
| Peppers, Green | bushel | 25 to 30 |
| Potatoes | bushel peck | 50 to 60 12 to 15 |
How many dry gallons are in a bushel?
8
| Bushel | |
|---|---|
| US dry units | 8 US dry gallons |
| metric units | 35.2391 L |
| US liquid units | 9.3092 US liquid gallons |
| imperial units | 7.7515 imperial gallons |
How many bushels are in a quintal?
| WHEAT & SOYBEANS | MAIZE & SORGHUM |
|---|---|
| 1 bushel wheat or soybean Bushels to metric ton One metric ton = | =56lbs =25.4012kg =0.0254metrictons = bu. X 0.025400 39.3679 bu of maize or sorghum |
| 1 quintal | = 100 kg |
| 1 metric ton | = 10 quintals = 1 000 kg |
How do you convert bushels to hundredweight?
For example, the number listed in pounds per unit of corn is 70. You will multiply the number of bushels of corn you have by 70. Take the number from Step 2 and divide that by 100. This will be your harvest in hundredweight.
How do you calculate bushel weight?
In general, the procedure used to determine the reference test weight per bushel of grain is to weigh one dry quart of the grain on a suitable scale that is designed to multiply the weight by 32, since there are exactly 32 quarts to a dry bushel.
What does bushel canola weigh?
50 44.092
Crop Bushel Weights
| Commodity | Lbs/Bushel | Bushels/Tonne |
|---|---|---|
| Canola | 50 | 44.092 |
| Coriander | 28 | 78.737 |
| Corn | 56 | 39.368 |
| Crested Wheat Grass | 22 | 100.200 |