How big is a US bushel of wheat or barley

[ProFarmer]

Just looking at the prices at Antler North Dakota feed barley 5.60 winter wheat 8.10 Either their bushel is alot bigger or we are getting Royally screwed by our system up here.

[SASKFARMER3]

my DPC price today is 7.15 vs ND price of 8.15 where is the dollar going.

[boarderbloke]

Sask, what are you complaining about, heck your only missing a $1.00 on your wheat, I live in SE SK about 100 miles from Antler and my non-board price for feed barley here is only $3.12 ! I'm missing $2.48/bus, wheres the justice !

[WoolyBear]

http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/crops/g04020.htm

Here is a link to the US bushel weights. I had always wondered the same thing. Barley, wheat and oats are the same as us, but ****, which should be the same as our canola is listed at 60lbs.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

[melvill]

Eons ago when I was a district ag I remember getting lots of questions from farmers about the differences between the U.S. Winchester bushel and the Canadian/British Imperial and Avery bushels.

There's a really good explanation of the difference at:
http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/gradetools/test_weight/tw_faq02-e.htm

Given the differences, the weight standards don't make sense - to me, at least.

[Zaphod]

Actually, the oats is different. Up here, it's based on 34 lbs/bu but in the US its 32 lbs. Guess they like light oats down there.