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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for profit. The term is used to differentiate from subsistence crops, which are those fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for the producer's family. In earlier times cash crops were usually only a small (but vital) part of a farm's total yield, while today, especially in the developed countries, almost all crops are mainly grown for cash. In non-developed nations, cash crops are usually crops which attract demand in more developed nations, and hence have some export value. In many tropical and subtropical areas, jute, coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, bananas, oranges and cotton are common cash crops. In cooler areas, grain crops, oil-yielding crops and some vegetables predominate; an example of this is the United States, where corn, wheat, soybean are the predominant cash crops. Tobacco has historically been a cash crop, though with increased pressures from anti-tobacco activists, it has declined in popularity; the largest profiters from tobacco today tend to be governments, which in many places add taxes that more than double the cost of tobacco products. Coca, poppies and cannabis are other popular black-market cash crops, the prevalence of which varies. In the United States cannabis is considered the most valuable cash crop. Prices for major cash crops are set in commodity markets with global scope, with some local variation (called basis) based on freight costs and local supply and demand balance. A consequence of this is that a nation, region, or individual producer relying on such a crop may suffer low prices should a bumper crop elsewhere lead to excess supply on the global markets. This system is criticized by traditional farmers. Coffee is a major part of this. Issues involving subsidies and trade barriers on such crops have become controversial in discussions of globalization. Many developing nations take the position that the current international trade system is unfair because it has caused tariffs to be lowered in industrial goods while allowing for high tariffs and agricultural subsidies for agricultural goods. This makes it difficult for a developing nation to export its goods overseas, and forces developing nations to compete with imported goods which are exported from developed nations at artificially low prices. The practice of exporting at artificially low prices is known as dumping, and is illegal in most nations. Controversy over this issue led to the collapse of the Cancún trade talks in 2003, when the [Group of 22]] refused to consider agenda items proposed by the European Union unless the issue of agricultural subsidies were addressed. Agribusiness, with its high-capital-investment and industrial-scale agricultural practices, very often skews production towards cash crops and away from anything that is consumed locally or which cannot be preserved, shipped and sold abroad. When used in conjunction with practices which seek to maximize crop yield and which favor monoculture, increasing reliance on cash crops is seen by some to have adverse, long term environmental consequences. The prevalence of cash crops also makes ethical consumerism difficult, as production practices cannot easily be determined and removed. While there are many advantages to cash cropping, it may also result in the farmers of these cash crops, as well as their families, finding themselves unable to eat due to a lack of diverse production. Additionally, the heavy focus on exports that comes along with cash cropping may result in a shortage of locally available food, making the price of food significantly higher for the farming families, as well as other locals. Retrieved from Nepru Working paper #80, The Nambian Economic Policy Research Unit. Hopolang Phororo. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What legal cash crop can I grow in my back yard to make some extra money? Q. I have a an itchy green thumb. Asked by kmankman4321 - Thu Feb 21 12:28:37 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. How much space do you have and where do you live? Probably the easiest things you can grow would be summer squash, winter squash, and peppers, in that order. But those are frequently available and the profit margin likely won't be high, unless you're growing specialty gourmet peppers that aren't readily available in your area. Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries are usually pretty easy, needing enough water and some careful attention to prevent insect outbreaks, but you can command a fairly high price for them and there is ALWAYS demand for them. Strawberries have to replanted every year and, being low-growing, are most prone to infestations. Blueberries are finickiest about soil conditions and will need relatively… [cont.] Answered by Smitty - Thu Feb 21 13:53:53 2008 How come the struggling US farm industry does not grow an extremely lucrative cash crop like coffee? Q. How come the struggling US farm industry does not grow an extremely lucrative cash crop like coffee? Asked by shoreke - Wed Jun 17 17:54:15 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Coffee is not all that profitable for the farmer, and besides, few places in the continental US can grow coffee because of their length of growing season and median temperature. (only Hawaii). A lucrative cash crop would be HEMP, if it were legal! But not only for the reasons that you might immediately think! Answered by doonegirl53 - Wed Jun 17 18:07:26 2009 what was the main cash crop in the south?
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