: a readily salable crop (such as cotton or tobacco) produced or gathered primarily for market
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Recent Examples on the WebAnother cash crop is rapeseed, which KSG is able to export across Ukraine’s land borders to clients in France. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022 Soybeans are the No. 2 cash crop in the United States after corn and about 25 billion pounds of soybean oil are produced each year. Peter Krouse, cleveland, 7 June 2022 The country’s tropical climate makes for an ideal place to cultivate the plant — and the government has taken steps to establish it as a cash crop. Karina Tsui, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 His predecessor as doctor-administrator had survived an assassination attempt, and invading beetles had ravaged the island’s only cash crop—its coconut trees. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 16 May 2022 The move is the latest step in Thailand's plan to promote cannabis as a cash crop. Heather Chen, CNN, 11 May 2022 The move is the latest step in Thailand's plan to promote cannabis as a cash crop. Heather Chen, CNN, 11 May 2022 But a lucrative new cash crop is now promising to help keep the kibbutz movement alive: cannabis.Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2022 As northern investors established textile mills, cotton became a cash crop. Alia Malik, ajc, 10 Feb. 2022 See More