Bushels (bu)
The US bushel is a dry volume of 2,150.42 cubic inches, about 35.2 liters.
Convert bushels to any volume unit
1 bushel = 35.23907017 liters
Quick facts
- Unit
- Bushel (plural: bushels)
- Symbol
- bu
- Measures
- Volume / Capacity
- System
- US dry
- Equals
- 35.2390701669 liters
- Definition
- 2,150.42 cubic inches (about 35.239 L): the US (Winchester) bushel.
- Also written
- US bushel, Winchester bushel
1 bushel in other units
| Liters | 35.23907017 L |
| Gallons | 9.309177489 gal |
| Milliliters | 35,239.07017 mL |
| Cups | 148.9468398 cup |
| Fluid ounces | 1,191.574719 fl oz |
| Tablespoons | 2,383.149437 tbsp |
| Teaspoons | 7,149.448312 tsp |
| Cubic meters | 0.03523907017 m³ |
What is a bushel?
The US bushel is a dry volume of 2,150.42 cubic inches, about 35.2 liters. Grain, apples and other produce are traded in bushels in the US, though grain markets actually convert each crop to a standard weight (a bushel of wheat is 60 lb, of corn 56 lb).
Where the bushel sits among volume units
The bushel is number 151 of 234 on our scale of volume units, ordered from smallest to largest.
What bushels are used for
- Grain prices and crop yields in the US (bushels per acre)
- Apples, peaches and shellfish at farm markets
Bushels in real life
- A bushel of corn weighs 56 lb
- US corn yields average about 175–180 bushels per acre
One bushel is enough to fill about 3.5 buckets, or enough to fill about 9.3 gallon jugs, or enough to fill about 1.9 water-cooler bottles, or about 70% of a car fuel tank.
Top bushel conversions
Common amounts of bushels
Convert bushels to all 233 other units
Metric
- bu to L
- bu to mL
- bu to m³
- bu to cm³
- bu to µL
- bu to dL
- bu to cL
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- bu to hL
- bu to dm³
- bu to km³
- bu to kL
- bu to ML
- bu to GL
- bu to st
- bu to daL
- bu to λ
US liquid
- bu to gal
- bu to cup
- bu to fl oz
- bu to tbsp
- bu to tsp
- bu to pt
- bu to qt
- bu to ft³
- bu to yd³
- bu to bbl
- bu to in³
- bu to ac⋅ft
- bu to shot
- bu to FBM
- bu to cd
- bu to US legal cup
- bu to US liquid barrel
- bu to mi³
- bu to face cord
- bu to fifth
- bu to gi
- bu to ac⋅in
- bu to fl dr
- bu to min
- bu to US hogshead
- bu to pottle
US dry
Imperial (UK)
- bu to imp gal
- bu to imp pt
- bu to imp fl oz
- bu to imp qt
- bu to imperial cup
- bu to imperial bushel
- bu to imperial tablespoon
- bu to imperial teaspoon
- bu to UK beer barrel
- bu to firkin
- bu to imperial dessertspoon
- bu to imperial gill
- bu to imperial peck
- bu to imperial fluid drachm
- bu to imperial hogshead
- bu to kilderkin
- bu to quarter (UK dry)
- bu to butt
- bu to chaldron
- bu to fluid scruple
- bu to imperial minim
- bu to UK beer tun
- bu to coomb
- bu to imperial pottle
- bu to last
- bu to strike
Wine & spirits
- bu to standard wine bottle
- bu to magnum
- bu to half bottle
- bu to jeroboam
- bu to piccolo
- bu to methuselah
- bu to pipe
- bu to balthazar
- bu to nebuchadnezzar
- bu to rehoboam
- bu to salmanazar
- bu to wine tun
- bu to English wine rundlet
- bu to melchior
- bu to melchizedek
- bu to primat
- bu to puncheon
- bu to solomon
- bu to sovereign
- bu to tierce
Cooking (metric & informal)
- bu to metric cup
- bu to metric tablespoon
- bu to metric teaspoon
- bu to dash
- bu to pinch
- bu to Australian tablespoon
- bu to gtt
- bu to stick of butter (volume)
- bu to smidgen
- bu to Japanese cup
- bu to Canadian cup
- bu to tad
- bu to teacup
- bu to coffeespoon
- bu to saltspoon
- bu to wineglass
Oil, gas & shipping
- bu to scf
- bu to TEU
- bu to MMbbl
- bu to Nm³
- bu to Mbbl
- bu to Mcf
- bu to Bcf
- bu to MMcf
- bu to Sm³
- bu to Tcf
- bu to FEU
- bu to freight ton
- bu to RT
- bu to displacement ton (volume)
- bu to water ton
Scientific
Ancient
- bu to Roman amphora
- bu to ephah
- bu to sextarius
- bu to Biblical hin
- bu to Roman cyathus
- bu to bath
- bu to congius
- bu to cor
- bu to hemina
- bu to heqat
- bu to log
- bu to modius
- bu to omer
- bu to Egyptian hin
- bu to acetabulum
- bu to choinix
- bu to chous
- bu to culleus
- bu to kab
- bu to khar
- bu to kotyle
- bu to kyathos
- bu to lethech
- bu to ligula
- bu to medimnos
- bu to metretes
- bu to quartarius
- bu to ro
- bu to seah
- bu to urna
- bu to xestes
East & Southeast Asian
- bu to 合
- bu to 升
- bu to 石
- bu to 升
- bu to 斗
- bu to 石
- bu to 홉
- bu to 斗
- bu to 撮
- bu to 合
- bu to 勺
- bu to 勺
- bu to Thai sat
- bu to 되
- bu to kwian
- bu to 말
- bu to 才
- bu to 섬
- bu to thanan
European (pre-metric)
- bu to Mass
- bu to fanega
- bu to vedro
- bu to Russian chetvert
- bu to Schoppen
- bu to alqueire
- bu to cantara
- bu to charka
- bu to cuartillo
- bu to pinte
- bu to Dutch kan
- bu to Dutch mud
- bu to Eimer
- bu to Fuder
- bu to Ohm
- bu to Oxhoft
- bu to Russian vodka bottle
- bu to Scheffel
- bu to Seidel
- bu to Swedish stop
- bu to almud
- bu to almude
- bu to azumbre
- bu to bochka
- bu to boisseau
- bu to canada
- bu to chetverik
- bu to chopine
- bu to copa
- bu to demiard
- bu to feuillette
- bu to garnets
- bu to kanna
- bu to kappe
- bu to kruzhka
- bu to moio
- bu to muid
- bu to osmina
- bu to posson
- bu to quartaut
- bu to quartilho
- bu to roquille
- bu to setier
- bu to shkalik
- bu to tunna
- bu to velte
Everyday comparisons
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Frequently asked questions
What is a bushel?
The US bushel is a dry volume of 2,150.42 cubic inches, about 35.2 liters.
How is the bushel defined?
2,150.42 cubic inches (about 35.239 L): the US (Winchester) bushel.
How many liters are in a bushel?
One bushel equals 35.23907017 liters.
How many gallons are in a bushel?
One bushel equals 9.309177489 gallons.
How many milliliters are in a bushel?
One bushel equals 35,239.07017 milliliters.