cash crop
nounDefinition of cash crop
: a readily salable crop (such as cotton or tobacco) produced or gathered primarily for market
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Hardest hit in the early rounds of the trade fight are likely to be U.S. exports of sport-utility vehicles as well as soybeans and other cash crops, and, on the Chinese side, exports of auto parts and medical instruments. — Lingling Wei, WSJ, "In Tariff Fight With Trump, China Scraps Plan to Strike First," 4 July 2018 Until then, the soil needs to recover from seasons of chemicals left from the cash crops planted by a farmer who rented the land from Franciscan friars at the Shrine of St. Anthony. — Yvonne Wenger, Washington Post, "Baltimore’s Franciscan Center to farm land in Howard County to help feed the city’s poor," 1 May 2018 So, many farmers stopped raising livestock for the manure and focused only on cash crops, like corn and soybeans, which go into many products. — Emily Hopkins, Cincinnati.com, "Your produce is less healthy than it was 70 years ago. These farmers might change that," 4 July 2018 True or False: Red Cross founder Clara Barton shipped 1.5 million strawberry plants to the community after the 1900 storm devastated local orchards, sparking growth of the fruit as a important cash crop. — Carissa D. Lamkahouan, Houston Chronicle, "How much do you know about Pasadena history?," 19 June 2018 Legalization has strong support among Oceanside farmers, who see it as a cash crop to replace traditional farm products such as tomatoes and avocados that are being forced out by the increasing costs of water and labor. — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Commission supports legal medical marijuana for Oceanside," 13 Mar. 2018 Turning soybeans into a major cash crop was the work of government. — Marc Levinson, WSJ, "‘Magic Bean’ Review: A Legume’s World Conquest," 3 June 2018 Pugilism, both real and scripted, is the new cash crop, as both UFC and WWE have signed five-year deals that will add $1 billion or more to their coffers. — Chris Morris, Fortune, "ESPN Pays $1.5 Billion for UFC Rights After Fox Turns Its Attention to WWE," 23 May 2018 Woodworm got into the tobacco, which was the colonists’ lone hope of a cash crop. — Michael Pye, New York Times, "Pirates, Runaways, Smugglers and the Occasional Aristocrat," 11 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cash crop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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