What is it?
A Bushels to Tonnes Calculator helps convert the weight of a crop measured in bushels into tonnes (metric tons). This is useful because farmers often buy or sell crops in bushels, but many buyers, transporters, or markets use metric tonnes.
Key Terms
- Bushel: A unit of volume used for dry goods like grains.
- Tonne (Metric Ton): A unit of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms.
Why Conversion is Needed?
- Bushels measure volume, not weight.
- Different crops have different weights per bushel.
- To find the weight in tonnes, you need the crop’s weight per bushel.
How to Use the Calculator
- Enter the number of bushels you have.
- Select the crop type (e.g., wheat, corn, soybeans), because each crop has a standard weight per bushel.
- The calculator multiplies the number of bushels by the crop’s weight per bushel to get total weight in pounds or kilograms.
- Then it converts this weight into tonnes.
Example Calculation (for Wheat)
- 1 bushel of wheat weighs about 60 pounds.
- Suppose you have 500 bushels.
- Total weight in pounds = 500 × 60 = 30,000 pounds.
- Convert pounds to kilograms: 30,000×0.453592=13,607.7630,000 \times 0.453592 = 13,607.76 kg.
- Convert kilograms to tonnes: 13,607.761000=13.61\frac{13,607.76}{1000} = 13.61 tonnes.
So, 500 bushels of wheat ≈ 13.61 tonnes.
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