Are lima beans considered cash crops?

According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, 6,236 U.S. farms produced dry edible beans (excluding dry lima beans) on 1.46 million acres, 24 percent of ... read more

Not sure what is meant by this question. Sounds like a question for a school project that could easily be looked up. Anything grown and sold for money is a cash crop - so yes. read more

I don’t like the usage “cash crop”. If you farm as an occupation, everything you grow or husband is done with an eye on sales at the end of the growing season. read more

Lima beans are a different story. Despite the fact that lima beans are a legume, we still can see N deficiency in this crop. Following high yielding wheat with lima bean can present a challenge. With a C:N ratio of 80:1, planting limas into heavy wheat/barley residue may require application of additional N. read more