Abbreviated as bushel, British writer Defoe and others often mentioned it in their works. It is an imperial unit of capacity and weight commonly used in the United Kingdom and the United States. It is mainly used to measure the weight of dry goods, especially agricultural products. Usually 1 bushel is equal to 8 gallons (about 36.37 liters), but different agricultural products have different definitions of bushels. In the U.S. futures market for agricultural products, "cents/bushel" is used as the price unit
(English BUSHEL, abbreviated BU) is a unit of measurement. It is a quantitative container, just like the old measuring containers such as buckets and liters in my country. One bushel is equal to eight gallons in the UK, which is equivalent to 36.268 liters (metric). In the United States, one bushel is equivalent to 35.238 liters (metric). The weight of 1BU of oil or grain varies. Even for the same oil or grain, the actual conversion may be somewhat different due to different varieties or origins. 1 imperial bushel (1.0321 US bushel) equals 36.3677 liters.