agricultural
cash, commercial, export
Most farmers now produce cash crops such as coffee and tobacco for the export market.

fodder (BrE), food, forage
Fodder crops are used to feed livestock.

subsistence
staple
Rice is a staple crop for more than half of the world's population.

traditional
cover (= grown to protect and improve the soil)
spring, winter
growing, standing
Rivers burst their banks and flooded standing crops.

arable (BrE), cereal, fruit, grain, root, seed, vegetable
organic
biotech, genetically engineered, genetically modified (abbreviated to GM)

cultivate, grow, produce, raise
Most of the farmers grow arable crops.

plant, sow
bring in, harvest, reap
damage, destroy
Summer flash floods destroyed the crops.

rotate
spray
Crops are sprayed with highly toxic chemicals to prevent insect damage.

protect
sell

grow
fail
Isolated communities were extremely vulnerable if crops failed.

rotation
Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.

damage, failure, loss
production, yield
to boost crop yields

protection
dusting
plant

crop of
a crop of carrots

abundant, bumper, excellent, good, heavy, record
poor
early
Bring strawberry plants indoors for an early crop.

potato, rice, wheat, etc.

get, harvest, have, reap
a record crop was harvested
We had a very good crop of apples last year.

bear, produce, yield
It takes three to five years for a new plantation to bear a crop.

crop of