Western farmers sold wheat and corn as their cash crops.
To sell them and get cash/income
fruit
farmers sell the crops to companies and companies sell them to stores and then the stores sell them to us
Arable farmers
Commercial Farmers raise their crops for this purpose.
To sell them and get cash/income
Cash Crops are important because they grow crops of coffee
fruit
Most crops in 1880 were cash crops. They had to sell the majority of what they grew.
Farmers needed to grow more cash crops to sell, so they bought and bred salves to do all the work.
farmers sell the crops to companies and companies sell them to stores and then the stores sell them to us
Raw materials and cash crops are agricultural products. Many plants produced for sale by agricultural endeavors are natural resources for other products and processes.
Arable farmers
Farmers in the Southern Colonies concentrated on growing cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo because these crops were profitable and in high demand in Europe. The warm climate and fertile soil in the Southern Colonies also made it ideal for growing these cash crops. Additionally, the labor-intensive nature of cash crop cultivation lent itself well to the plantation system with enslaved labor.
Commercial Farmers raise their crops for this purpose.
They had good land, water, and could plant cash crops.
cash crops and the fact that farmers were not allowed to sell their own food.