Bushel weight on oats

[pourfarmer]

Is it still 32 in us? but 34 for Canada?

[charliep]

Yes. Always a goofy system to me in that our bushel weights for oats are more in the 38 to 42 pound per area but the system still uses those little spindly oats barely good for a cow.

[bucket]

charliep

Is anyone within government working on a more standardized system for north american grains?

[charliep]

Not that I am aware of.

Perhaps to get everyone mad at me (see comments on metric elsewhere) but do we really want to work on a system that uses a volume based system like bushels or do we want to talk about a weight based system with attributes around the crop included (kernel plumpness, size, consistency, etc). Are things like bushel weights conversions for oats and barley even relevant anymore. Picking on barley is whether 46 lb/bu or 52 lb/bu important or a measure of plumpness/consistency of kernel size. What about things like energy (metabolizable and/or digestible depending on livestock class), etc.

I always get confused with oats (orginal question) when I see a price of say $3/bu. I would rather see $195/tonne (or whatever) and a description of quality.

[charliep]

Didn't know where to put this but will insert here. The CGC is doing regular updates on what they are seeing from their harvest survey. Worthwhile looking at occassionally.

<a href="http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/quality-qualite/geuq-quf-eng.htm">CGC Harvest Survey</a>

[wmoebis]

I look at it this way!

If my wife sends me to the store for a jug of milk: In Canada I bring home 4 Litres. In the USA I would bring home a gallon.

However a gallon in Canada is diff than a gallon in the USA. Damn if I know how much milk I got. Likely be in the dog house again.

[charliep]

Just reviewing an article about the differences between bushel weight avery versus winchester and enough to make my head spin. Maybe why I like to see oat and barley prices quoted in $/CWT (dollars per 100 pounds) in the US. Multiply by 22 and I know the price.

[wmoebis]

Don't forget to throw in the Imperial chart.

This is where a lot of mistakes are made at the elevator. If they aren't using the cox funnel to allow for compaction. Although you won't find it in the CGC guide, You then should use the Imperial table.