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How much does a bushel of corn weigh?

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Weight of Corn

A bushel of shelled corn weighs 56 pounds.

A bushel actually used to be a volumetric measurement but due to incosistency in volumes between crops like corn, wheat or soybeans, it was changed to 60 lbs, then 56 lbs.

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