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oj 07-25-2012 16:02:41 204.9.10.50 Report to Moderator	oat weight is 32pounds per bushel, but what do they actually weight... our local elevator has discounts for any load of oats under 40lbs test weight, we've delivered loads at 48lbs... it sounds crazy, but oats are like that... Corn tends to have a bushel weight close to that of the test, it's unusual to be nore that 5 or 6 lbs either side of the "test". That is why your truck holds "more" oats... it will always hold the same number of bushels, as it is a fixed volume, but weight(mass) varies by specific gravity. [Reply]   [No Email]
IaGary 07-25-2012 17:29:43 108.160.229.48 Report to Moderator	Re: Test weight verus volume in reply to oj, 07-25-2012 16:02:41   But I said a truck loaded with 32 pound test weight oats. Not 40 pound test weight oats. Not unusual to have 62 pound test weight corn either. When the truck is full with 32 test oats it holds 450 bushels. When it is full of 56 pound test weight corn it has about 375 bu in it. Why the difference in bushel held when both are to test weight standards. Gary [Reply]  [No Email]
M w J 07-29-2012 14:53:46 66.6.1.21 Report to Moderator	Re: Test weight verus volume in reply to IaGary, 07-25-2012 17:29:43   32 lbs of oats take up less space then 56 lbs of corn. A bushel is based on weight not measure [Reply]  [No Email]
M w J 07-29-2012 14:45:40 66.6.1.21 Report to Moderator	Re: Test weight verus volume in reply to IaGary, 07-25-2012 17:29:43   Use as unit of weight A table of weights from the secretaries of the different states, showing the number of pounds which their laws recognize as a bushel of different articles. c. 1854 Bushels are now most often used as units of mass or weight rather than of volume. The bushels in which grains are bought and sold on commodity markets or at local grain elevators, and for reports of grain production, are all units of weight.[2] This is done by assigning a standard weight to each commodity that is to be measured in bushels. These bushels depend on the commodities being measured and the moisture content. Some of the more common ones are: Oats USA: 32 lb[2] = 14.5150 kg Canada: 34 lb = 15.4221 kg Barley: 48 lb[2] = 21.7724 kg Malted barley: 34 lb = 15.4221 kg Shelled maize (corn) at 15.5% moisture by weight: 56 lb[2] = 25.4012 kg Wheat at 13.5% moisture by weight and soybeans at 13% moisture by weight: 60 lb[2] = 27.2155 kg Other specific values are defined (and those definitions may vary within different jurisdictions, including from state to state in the United States) for other grains, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, coal, hair, and many other commodities. Government policy in the United States is to phase out units such as the bushel and replace them with metric mass equivalents. The name "bushel" has also been used to translate non-US units of a similar size and sometimes shared origin, like the German "Scheffel". [edit] [Reply]  [No Email]