John Kilopascal wrote in USMA 21997: > The real odd thing is that food and other >commodities is measured in tonnes for the world and export markets, but >still in bushels in the US. If you check the newspapers for pricing of >corn, and other vegetables, you will see it is in dollars or cents per >bushel. It is another of those cases where unit confusion is desired. > >John
The really odd thing is that volume in bushels was recorded at every stage from delivery to the grain elevator to loading on the export boat, but was measured by mass at every stage, and the mass converted to bushels using a different conversion factor for each grain. I assume that that absurd practice still goes on in the US grain trade. -- Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
