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The Wisconsin DNR needs help finding red pine seeds(www.nbc15.com)

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They are offering up to $125 per bushel for the cones to replenish their seed supplies.

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Eheran@lemmy.world
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Bushel. After all, why not make up even more crazy units? How many stones are that?

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glimse@lemmy.world
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The old bushel is equal to 2 kennings, 4 pecks, or 8 dry gallons, and was used mostly for agricultural products, such as wheat.

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Eheran@lemmy.world
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“was used” - that is where you are wrong.

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glimse@lemmy.world
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I just copied it from Wikipedia. The new bushel is based off the old bushel and the old bushel is not used so that’s right I guess

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Most agricultural products are measured in bushels, including grain, soybeans, and corn. But yeah, weird standard of measure. Why not go by pounds?

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