WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES Avg Avg Crop Unit Weight Crop Unit Weight lbs lbs Field Crops Fruit & Berries Barley Bushel 48 Apples Bushel or carton 40 Corn: Blueberries Flat (12 pints) 12 Ear, husked Bushel 70 Cranberries Barrel 100 Shelled Bushel 56 Strawberries Flat (12 pints) 12 Hay Square Bale 40-50 Oats Bushel 32 Potatoes Carton/Sack 100 Rye Bushel 56 Soybeans Bushel 60 Wheat Bushel 60

Vegetables Weights and Measures Asparagus Crate/Carton 30 Cubic Measure Beans, Lima Bushel 28-32 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet Beans, Snap Bushel 28-32 1 cord wood = 128 cubic feet Beets Crate/Carton 38 Avoirdupois Weight (16 oz equals 1 pound) Broccoli Crate/Carton 23 1 hundredweight = 100 pounds Cabbage Crate/bag/sack 50 1 short ton = 2,000 pounds Cantaloupe 1/2 carton or crate 40 1 long ton = 2,240 pounds Carrots Carton/Sack 50 Square Measure Cauliflower Crate 60 1 square foot = 144 square inches Celery Carton/Crate 60 1 square yard = 9 square feet Collards Bag 3 1 acre = 43,560 square feet Corn, Sweet Crate 50 1 square mile = 640 acres Dozen 7.5 Kitchen Measures Cucumber Bushel/carton/crate 55 1 pint = 2 cups = 16 fluid ounces Eggplant Bushel/carton/crate 33 1 quart = 2 pints = 32 fluid ounces Garlic Carton/Crate 30 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 64 ounces Honeydew 2/3 Carton 30 1 pound = 16 ounces Kale Carton/Crate 25 Miscellaneous Measure Lettuce Carton 50 Weight of Water = 1 U.S. gallon=8.33 pounds Okra Bushel/Crate 30 Onions, green Carton 13 Onions, dry Sack 50 Peas, green Bushel/carton/crate 28 Peppers, bell Bushel 28 Pumpkins Bin 1000 Spinach Bushel 25 Squash Bushel 40 Tomatoes Carton 25 Watermelon Bin 1050 Carton 85

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