bu.
Americanabbreviation
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bureau.
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bushel; bushels.
Example Sentences
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Kansas alone held 178.8 million bu. of grain sorghum, a livestock feed, almost 80% more than in June 1985.
From Time Magazine Archive
He could easily execute his own order to buy 50,000 bu. first.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are higher than the loan rates, in the case of 1985-crop wheat, $4.38 per bu. vs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other unsold mountains, including goods stockpiled by farmers with Government help: 1 billion bu. of wheat, 650 million bu. of corn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Corn crop, 1884, 26,022,000 bu.; wheat, 29,772,000 bu.; oats, 19,990,000 bu.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden
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