Examples of cash crop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 The crops that painted the 12-hour-long drive from Addis to Harar — teff, sorghum and coffee — were now replaced by a green blanket of khat, an ancient stimulant now turned into the most lucrative cash crop. — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2022 And cashews could become a cash crop for farmers in a wider range of countries. — Aryn Baker, Time, 26 Jan. 2022 See More

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