Around 1740, 17-year-old Eliza began experimenting with indigo plant seeds from the West Indies. Before long, she was raising crops and handing out advice and seeds to neighbors, a venture that blossomed into a major cash crop for colonists. 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
In earlier times cash crops were usually only a small (but vital) part of a farm's total yield, while today, especially in developed countries, almost all crops are mainly grown for revenue. In the least developed countries, cash crops are usually crops which attract demand in more developed nations, and hence have some export value. read more