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Issue 38
June 2001
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Prairie Grains is the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grain Growers Association and South Dakota Wheat, Inc.
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Copyright Prairie Grains Magazine
June 2001
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Grain Math:
Factors to Figure Those Pesky Metric Conversions
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BUSHEL WEIGHTS
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1 bu. Wheat or Soybeans
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60 lbs
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1 bu. Corn
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56 lbs
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1 bu. Barley
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48 lbs.
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BUSHELS TO METRIC TONS
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Wheat or Soybeans
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bu. x 0.027216
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Corn
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bu. x 0.025400
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Barley
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bu. x 0.021772
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1 METRIC TON EQUALS
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36.74371 bu. of Wheat or Soybeans
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39.3679 bu. of Corn
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45.9296 bu. of Barley
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BUSHELS/ACRE TO METRIC TONS/HECTARE
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Wheat:
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bu./acre x .06725
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Metric tons/hectare
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Corn:
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bu./acre x .06277
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Metric tons/hectare
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Barley:
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bu./acre x .05380
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Metric tons/hectare
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ACREAGE EQUIVALENTS
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1 hectare
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2.4710 acres
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1 square mile
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640 acres (259 hectares)
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1 acre
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0.404694 hectares
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43,560 square feet
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4,4800 square yards
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91 yards of a football field
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