$/bushel or $/tonne

[charliep]

Just curious about how you like to see prices posted
and how you think about prices.

In my case, I still think in $/bushel in everyday
comparisons. I also tend to publish things in $/bu or
cents/lb (pulses) because my impression (among the
many things I could be wrong about) is this is how
farmers prefer to see information.

If I really want to make price comparisions or have a
more exact number, I use $/tonne.

What are others thoughts? Comes down to the
discussion of Avery versus Winchester bushel weights
and how we move forward on attributes like
plumpness in feed grains (assuming this is what the
buyer is wanting to reward in higher bushel weight
barley).

[ColevilleH2S]

$/tonne

Now if only those Yankee grain exchanges
would run their contracts by the tonne
too, the world would be right.

[bucket]

I like dollars per bushel. I always make the conversion from tonnes to bushel anyway. I think of my bins in bushels.

[rook]

I think in bushels but oddly enough I prefer my canola basis stated in tonnes.

[shaney]

I like $ per MT better. Not sure why but
I am more used to it.

[HFL]

Guess I am old. I like dollars per bushel and cents
per pound. What I'd really like is dollars per
pound.

[TOM4CWB]

I like BOTH Charlie!

[malleefarmer]

australian dollars per tonne to save me
the conversion of currency rates

[mustardman]

I wonder how much Canola seed wouldn't be bought if it was listed as $26454.63/tonne ??

[fjlip]

Exactly, that's why we got metric before fuel prices went up.
Imagine a 10 cent a litre increase as 45 cents a gallon!
Cents a litre way less impact than dollars a gallon.
I prefer $ /Bu, always convert.
Most grain tickets show bu.

[bucket]

Excellent point mustard. The big boys don't look at it that way. They are hooked like a heroine addict that needs their shot. They will pay anything to try the latest variety that in the fall they bitch about. The L150 comes to mind.

[cottonpicken]

Farmers think in bushels because it is a measurement
based on a volume which is easier to see.