WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR AGRICULTURAL …

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES

Crop

Unit

Avg

Weight

lbs

Crop

Ear, husked

Shelled

Hay

Oats

Potatoes

Rye

Soybeans

Wheat

Fruit & Berries

Bushel

48

Bushel

Bushel

Square Bale

Bushel

Carton/Sack

Bushel

Bushel

Bushel

70

56

40-50

32

100

56

60

60

Vegetables

Asparagus

Beans, Lima

Beans, Snap

Beets

Broccoli

Cabbage

Cantaloupe

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery

Collards

Corn, Sweet

Cucumber

Eggplant

Garlic

Honeydew

Kale

Lettuce

Okra

Onions, green

Onions, dry

Peas, green

Peppers, bell

Pumpkins

Spinach

Squash

Tomatoes

Watermelon

Crate/Carton

Bushel

Bushel

Crate/Carton

Crate/Carton

Crate/bag/sack

1/2 carton or crate

Carton/Sack

Crate

Carton/Crate

Bag

Crate

Dozen

Bushel/carton/crate

Bushel/carton/crate

Carton/Crate

2/3 Carton

Carton/Crate

Carton

Bushel/Crate

Carton

Sack

Bushel/carton/crate

Bushel

Bin

Bushel

Bushel

Carton

Bin

Carton

Avg

Weight

lbs

Field Crops

Barley

Corn:

Unit

Apples

Blueberries

Cranberries

Strawberries

Bushel or carton

Flat (12 pints)

Barrel

Flat (12 pints)

40

12

100

12

Weights and Measures

30

28-32

28-32

38

23

50

40

50

60

60

3

50

7.5

55

33

30

30

25

50

30

13

50

28

28

1000

25

40

25

1050

85

Cubic Measure

1 cubic yard

=

27 cubic feet

1 cord wood

=

128 cubic feet

Avoirdupois Weight (16 oz equals 1 pound)

1 hundredweight

=

100 pounds

1 short ton

=

2,000 pounds

1 long ton

=

2,240 pounds

Square Measure

1 square foot

=

144 square inches

1 square yard

=

9 square feet

1 acre

=

43,560 square feet

1 square mile

=

640 acres

Kitchen Measures

1 pint

=

2 cups = 16 fluid ounces

1 quart

=

2 pints = 32 fluid ounces

1 gallon

=

4 quarts = 64 ounces

1 pound

=

16 ounces

Miscellaneous Measure

Weight of Water

=

1 U.S. gallon=8.33 pounds

Delaware Agricultural Statistics and Resource Directory 2009-2010

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