Conversions Between English and Metric Units

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Choose the English or Metric unit you would like to convert from the drop down menus.
Then, enter your values in the shaded cells.

Length
English Metric
Unit Value Value Unit
3 100.00 = 91,440.00 1.00

0.11 = 100.00 3047.85

Area
English Metric
Unit Value Value Unit
4 100.00 = 40.47 3.00

247.11 = 100.00 0.00

Weight
Pick a crop (for bushels, only) => 10
English Metric
Unit Value Value Unit
2 100.00 = 45.36 2.00
220.46 = 100.00

Liquid Volume
English Metric
Unit Value Value Unit
3 100.00 = 94.62 2.00
105.68 = 100.00

Dry Volume
English Metric
Unit Value Value Unit
cubic yards 100.00 = 76.46 cubic meters
cubic yards 130.80 = 100.00 cubic meters

Crop Yields
Pick a crop (for bushels, only) => 10
English Metric
Unit Value Value Unit
3 100.00 = 11.21 3.00
 892.06 = 100.00 559.79

Prices
Pick a crop (for bushels, only) => 22

English Metric
Unit Value Value Unit
(Click for currency units)
U.S. dollar $1.00 = $1.0266 Canada
4 $ 1.00 = $ 0.02 1.00
$ 44.19 = $ 1.00

Temperature
Fahrenheit Celsius
86.0 = 30.0
212.0 = 100.0

Application Rates
English Metric
Unit Value Value Unit
pounds per acre 100.00 = 112.08 kilograms per hectare
pounds per acre 89.22 = 100.00 kilograms per hectare
quarts per acre 100.00 = 233.84 liters per hectare
quarts per acre 42.76 = 100.00 liters per hectare

Version 1.1
Authors: William Edwards
Ann M. Johanns
Date Printed: 4/23/2020

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Commodity lbs/bushel Length Millimeters
Alfalfa seed 60 Inches 25.4 Millimeters
Barley 48 Feet 304.8 Centimeters
Beans, dry 60 Yards 914.4 Meters
Beans, lima 56 Miles 1609340 Kilometers
Beans, snap 30
Buckwheat 48 Area Sq. Centimeters
Canola/rapeseed 50 Sq. inches 6.4516 Sq. centimeters
Clover seed 60 Sq. feet 929.0304 Sq. meters
Corn, ear 70 Sq. yards 8361.2736 Hectares
Corn, shelled 56 Acres 40468564.224 Sq. kilometers
Cottonseed 32 Sq. miles 25899881103.36
Flaxseed 56
Lentils 60 Weight Grams
Millet 59 Ounces 28.3495 Grams
Milo 56 Pounds 453.592 Kilograms
Mustard seed 59 Tons 907185 Quintals
Oats 32 Bushels Metric tons
Orchard grass seed 14
Peas, dry 60 Liquid Volume Milliliters
Rice, rough 45 Ounces 29.57 Milliliters
Rye 56 Pints 473.12 Liters
Sorghum 56 Quarts 946.24 Dekaliter
Soybeans 60 Gallons 3784.96
Sudangrass seed 40
Sunflower seed 30 Yields
Sweet potatoes 55 Bushels per acre 1.12085 Kilograms per hectare
Timothy seed 45 Tons per acre 2242 Quintals per hectare
Triticale 52 Cwt. per acre 112.1 Metric tons per hectare
Wheat 60
Prices
$ per bushel 2.2046 foreign $ / kilogram
$ per ton 0.0011023 foreign $ / quintal
$ per pound 2.2046 foreign $ / tonne
$ per hundred wt. 0.022046
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