Bushel

A bushel is (English for bushel ) a unit of volume. It comes from England. A derivative of equivalent measure of grain of the same name is still in the United States (especially in the grain trade ) in use. A bushel is divided into four Peck ( pK ).

Imperial bushel

A British bushel is abbreviated as " Imp.bu. " or " Imp.bsh. " (Imperial ).

1 Imp.bsh. = 8 Imp.gal. = 64 Imp.pt = 2219.3556 cubic inch = 36.3687 liters

1 chaldron = 4 Imp.quarter = 32 Imp.bsh = 256 Imp.gal. = 2048 Imp.pt.

American bushel

A U.S. bushel is abbreviated as " US.bu. " or " US.bsh. ".

1 US.bsh. = 4 peck = 32 dry quart dry pint = 64 = 2150.42 cubic inch = 35.2391 liters

5548389 US.bsh. = 5376050 Imp.bsh. = 11,931,366,673.38 cubic inch = 195,520.069 m³

1 US.bsh. ≈ 0.969 Imp.bsh. 1 Imp.bsh. ≈ 1.032 US.bsh.

Use as a measure of weight equivalent

Definition of a bushel as billing unit for grain

In the commercial ( for example on commodity futures exchanges ), the bushel is now used as an equivalent measure of weight. The mass of a bushel depends on the type and moisture content of the grain. Since the USA is one of the largest grain producers, the unit " bushel " is the world as a measure for determining the mass of a grain lot of meaning. Today, when corn prices per bushel are provided so that is " bushel " meant this.

A " bushel " (as unit of mass ) of a particular cereal corresponds to the mass, which has a quantity of grain with the volume of a " bushel " (as unit volume), assuming a defined bulk density and moisture.

The mass corresponding to the amount of a " bushel " grain is referred to as "standard weight per bushel " or "standard bushel weight" or as a "standard weight". The basic humidity ( = reference humidity ), in which the "standard bushel weight" ' is to be noted, is referred to as "standard moisture".

In the metric system is the accounting unit " bushel " (as a measure for the determination of a quantity of grain ) comparable to the so-called dry matter of cereals, which is calculated based on the mass and moisture content as well as the basic humidity of the dry matter.

Determining the transfer amount in bushels

To determine the settlement amount of grain in " bushel ", the grain is weighed and measured the moisture. If the actual humidity is higher than the base moisture ( "standard moisture" ) of the respective cereal, has the equivalent dry mass are calculated as follows:

In the next step, the dry weight is divided by the "standard weight per bushel " and you get the number of " bushel ".

• Example: How many units of weight " bushel " yield 1000 pounds of corn ( ≈ 453.6 kg ) at an established grain moisture of 30%?

Bushel as the basis for determining the bulk density of grain

The price of grain for a certain amount is dependent not only on the dry matter ( calculated on a moisture content), but among other things, on the bulk density, which is referred to in grains in the German-speaking world as hectolitre weight. The determination of the bulk density is the only application in which the unit " bushel " is used as a measure of space. Here a measure of capacity is filled with the capacity of a " bushel " of cereals, which has the basic humidity. The detected weight is a measure of the bulk density, and is referred to as "test weight / bu " or as a "test weight". Ideally, the true "test weight / bu " with the "standard weight / bu " match.

Bushel as the basis of area income

In North America, the yield per unit area ( English: "yield " ) is given by cereals as a " bushel / acre ." The translation of " bushel / acre" for metric area unit of yield "dt / ha" it should be noted that this is initially valid for the specified basic humidity ( "standard moisture" ) of the respective cereal and other basic humidities for the target unit "dt / ha" is converted accordingly.