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Wheat Products

Flour - 43.8 lbs. white flour/bu. @ 73% extraction rate.
Bread - 67.9 one-lb. loaves white/bu. ($.044 worth of $3 wheat per loaf).

Oil Recovery/100 lbs.

Flax, 35 lbs. (linseed)
Cottonseed, 17 lbs.
Peanuts, 30 lbs.
Soybeans, 16 lbs.

Dairy

Pounds of milk

1 gal. = 8.6
1 qt. = 2.15
1 pt. = 1.075
100 lbs. whole milk gives 4.4 lbs. butter or 9.5 lbs. of cheese

Meat

Dress-out Weights

1,000 lb. steer or heifer = 600 lbs. carcass beef
200 lb. hog = 113 lbs. pork (excluding lard)

Cotton

Gross weight = 500 lbs.
Net weight = 480 lbs.
1 bale of cotton will produce:

738 men's dress shirts, or
850 women's blouses, or
371 pairs of blue jeans, or
266 flat, full-size sheets.

Product Pounds Per
Bushel

Wheat, Soybeans 60

Corn, Sorghum, Flaxseed, Rye 56

Barley 48

Rice, rough 45

Oats 32

Corn (ear) 70

Cwt.Sorghum = 1.8 bushels
Cwt. Rice - 2.2 bushels

Product	Pounds Per Bushel
Wheat, Soybeans	60
Corn, Sorghum, Flaxseed, Rye	56
Barley	48
Rice, rough	45
Oats	32
Corn (ear)	70
Cwt.Sorghum = 1.8 bushels Cwt. Rice - 2.2 bushels

Bushels Per Ton Short Metric (MT)

Wheat, Soybeans
33.3

36.7

Corn, Sorghum
35.7

39.4

Flaxseed, Rye
35.7

39.4

Barley
41.7

45.9

Rice, rough
44.4

19.0

Oats
62.5

68.9

Bushels Per Ton	Short	Metric (MT)
Wheat, Soybeans	33.3	36.7
Corn, Sorghum	35.7	39.4
Flaxseed, Rye	35.7	39.4
Barley	41.7	45.9
Rice, rough	44.4	19.0
Oats	62.5	68.9

Bushels to MT's

Wheat, Soybeans = bushels x .027
Corn, Sorghum, Rye = bushels x .025
Barley = bushels x .022
Oats = bushels x .015

Equivalents

1 MT = 2,204.6 lbs.
1 short ton (2,000 lbs.) = 0.9 MT
1 MT = 10 quintals
1 quintal=220.5 lbs.
1 hectare = 2.47 acres
1 acre = 0.4 hectare

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This page was created by Susan Graham Administrative Secretary Date Created 12/12/00. Last revised 04/20/2005.
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Date Created 12/12/00. Last revised 06/14/2005.