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Loan Rates per Unit Corn $1.95/bushel Upland cotton $0.52/pound Wheat $2.94/bushel Rice $6.50/hundredweight Peanuts $355.00/ton Soybeans $5.00/bushel Grain Sorghum $1.95/bushel Barley $1.95/bushel Oats $1.39/bushel Oilseed (sunflower, flaxseed, canola, rapeseed, safflower, mustard, crambe, sesame seed) $0.1009/pound
Test weight refers to the average weight of a cereal as measured in pounds per bushel (1bu. = 8 gallons or 2150.42 cu. inches). Test weight is an important predictor of milling yield for rice and flour extraction rate for wheat. USDA’s official weight per bushel for the highest grade for major cereals and oilseeds include: wheat and soybeans ...
The amount of rice production measured in koku was the metric by which the magnitude of a feudal domain was evaluated. [4] A feudal lord was only considered daimyō class when his domain amounted to at least 10,000 koku. [4] As a rule of thumb, one koku was considered a sufficient quantity of rice to feed one person for one year. [5] [b] [c]
The 2008 global rice crisis occurred between January and May 2008, the international trading price of rice jumped dramatically, increasing more than 300% (from USD $300 to $1,200 per ton) in just four months. [1] By December 2008, prices had decreased substantially, if not returned to previous levels, marking an end to the crisis.
Wheat prices have dropped from a high of over $12 per bushel in May 2008 to under $8/bushel in May. [41] Rice has also dropped from its highs. [citation needed] According to a 2008 report from the World Bank, the production of biofuel pushed food prices up. [42]
Corn prices on the Chicago Board of Trade dropped from US$7.99 per bushel in June to US$3.74 per bushel in mid-December; wheat and rice prices experienced similar decreases. [159] The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, however, warned against "a false sense of security", noting that the credit crisis could cause farmers to reduce plantings ...
Rice was established in Arkansas in 1904, California in 1912, and the Mississippi Delta in 1942. [3] Rice cultivation in California in particular started during the California Gold Rush. It was introduced primarily for the consumption of about 40,000 Chinese laborers who were brought as immigrants to the state; only a small area was under rice ...
The Winchester bushel is the volume of a cylinder 18.5 in (470 mm) in diameter and 8 in (200 mm) high, which gives an irrational number of approximately 2150.4202 cubic inches. [4] The modern American or US bushel is a variant of this, rounded to exactly 2150.42 cubic inches, less than one part per ten million less. [5]