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  2. Cash crop - Wikipedia

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    A cash crop, also called profit crop, is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm . The term is used to differentiate a marketed crop from a staple crop ("subsistence crop") in subsistence agriculture , which is one fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for ...

  3. Agriculture in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Barley and wheat were the most important crops in most European regions; oats and rye were also grown, along with a variety of vegetables and fruits. Oxen and horses were used as draft animals. Sheep were raised for wool and pigs were raised for meat. Crop failures due to bad weather were frequent throughout the Middle Ages and famine was often ...

  4. List of largest producing countries of agricultural commodities

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    Vegetable First Second Third Fourth Fifth Lettuce and chicory China United States India Spain Italy: Lentil Canada India Australia Iraq Russia: Dry bean India Brazil Myanmar Tanzania Uganda: Artichoke Egypt Italy Spain Iraq Peru: Onion (dry) India China Egypt United States Iraq: Cabbage China India South Korea Russia Ukraine

  5. Agriculture in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Crops commonly grown in the United Kingdom include cereals, chiefly wheat, oats and barley; root vegetables, chiefly potatoes and sugar beet; pulse crops such as beans or peas; forage crops such as cabbages, vetches, rape and kale; fruit, particularly apples and pears; and hay for animal feed. Seeds may be sown in spring, summer or autumn.

  6. List of most valuable crops and livestock products - Wikipedia

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    The value and production of individual crops varies substantially from year to year as prices fluctuate on the world and country markets and weather and other factors influence production. This list includes the top 50 most valuable crops and livestock products but does not necessarily include the top 50 most heavily produced crops and ...

  7. Agriculture in Senegal - Wikipedia

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    Peanuts, sugarcane, and cotton are important cash crops, and a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are grown for local and export markets. In 2006 gum arabic exports soared to $280 million, making it by far the leading agricultural export. Green beans, industrial tomato, cherry tomato, melon, and mango are

  8. Agriculture in Poland - Wikipedia

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    The latter were used as vegetables, as fodder for pigs, and in the production of industrial starch and alcohol. The country occupied sixth place in the world in sugar-beet, milk, and pig production. The quantity and quality of agricultural land ensured self-sufficiency and made considerable quantities of various agricultural products and ...

  9. List of food origins - Wikipedia

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    The Neolithic founder crops (or primary domesticates) are the eight plant species that were domesticated by early Holocene (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region of southwest Asia, and which formed the basis of systematic agriculture in the Middle East, North Africa, India ...