cash crop
Example Sentences
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Canadian officials traveled to China last year to persuade Beijing to remove hefty tariffs on Canadian canola, or rapeseed, which is a major cash crop for farmers in western Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Today, the Salinas Valley’s biggest cash crop is strawberries, accounting for more than 20% of Monterey County’s $4.9-billion annual production value from agriculture.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
Corn was a cash crop at Mount Vernon, and the estate had a successful mill that could process up to 8,000 pounds of flour and cornmeal in one day.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024
"Rubber was once the state's prime cash crop but over the past decade, prices have plunged," he explains.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023
A foreman, he ran the Hermitage cotton gin—an important position on the farm, where cotton was a cash crop.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
