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Crush calculator
The gross margin on processing soybeans into oil and meal - otherwise known as the “soybean crush” - gives a measure of soybean processors' profitability. The higher the margin, the better processors' returns on their soybeans.
Changes in the margin also offer opportunities to investors, who can profit from taking positions in soy or its products - or often in both. For example, an investor believing the margin unsustainably high might buy the beans and sell the products. If the investor is right, that combination would guarantee a profit whichever way the soybean market moved.
The margin can be calculated using the market prices of soybean and its products, and the observation that one bushel of soy produces about 11 pounds of oil and 44 pounds of meal. |
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Weight and yield conversion calculator
The metric system of weights and measures, while dominant in most countries, has not been universally embraced. In many countries, eg Canada and the UK, some historic measures remain in common use and the US has stuck largely by its legacy system.
The calculator below converts between some legacy North American measures and their metric equivalents.
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WEIGHT
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YIELD
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Measurements table:
Weight
1 tonne (1000kg) equals:
36.7437 bushels of soybeans or wheat
39.3679 bushels of corn, rye or sorghum
45.9396 bushels of barley grain
64.8418 bushels of oats (Canada)
68.8944 bushels of oats (US)
4.5929 bales of cotton
1 bushel equals:
27.2155 kg wheat or soybeans
25.4012 kg of corn, rye or sorghum
21.7724 kg of barley grain
15.4221 kg oats (Canada)
14.5150 kg oats (US)
1 bale of cotton equals 217.73kg
1 tonne equals 1.1023 short tons
1 short ton equals 0.9072 tons
1 tonne equals 0.9842 long (Imperial) tons
1 long (Imperial) ton equals 1.0160 tons
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Area
1 acre equals 0.40694 hectares
1 hectare equals 2.4710 acres
Yield
1 tonne per hectare equals
14.8700 bushels per acre for soybeans or wheat
15.9320 bushels per acre for corn, rye or sorghum
18.5915 bushels per acre for barley grain
26.2411 bushels per acre for oats (Canada)
27.8812 bushels per acre for oats (US)
1 bushel per acre equals:
67.2495 kg per hectare for soybeans or wheat
62.7664 kg per hectare for corn, rye or sorghum
53.7996 kg per hectare for barley grain
38.1080 kg per hectare for oats (Canada)
35.8666 kg per hectare for oats (US)
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