cash crop
noun
: a readily salable crop (such as cotton or tobacco) produced or gathered primarily for market
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In 1936, it was renamed the Walnut Festival after walnuts replaced grapes as the new cash crop.
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Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2025
Soybeans are vital to the U.S. agricultural industry, accounting for 20% of the U.S.’s cash crop receipts in 2024, worth $46.8 billion.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Most previous studies have only focused on the former cash crop in the southern Levant, which today includes much of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
And any sensible apple grower in Ontario knew their cash crop would be the McIntosh.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025
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Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2025
Soybeans are vital to the U.S. agricultural industry, accounting for 20% of the U.S.’s cash crop receipts in 2024, worth $46.8 billion.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Most previous studies have only focused on the former cash crop in the southern Levant, which today includes much of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
And any sensible apple grower in Ontario knew their cash crop would be the McIntosh.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cash crop
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“Cash crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20crop. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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