valuable crop
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvaluableandcrop
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valuable
adjective
uk/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/us/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/
worth a lot ...
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crop
noun
uk/krɒp/us/krɑːp/
(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in ...
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(Definition ofvaluableandcropfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A lessvaluablecropand higher poison cost make shorter duration of the control and, hence, living with more rats and nuisance relatively more profitable.
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The rulers of the states benefited from higher taxes imposed on thevaluablecrop.
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Since all eastern counties had relatively high yields, each harvested acre produced more bushels of wheat and hence a morevaluablecropthan farms in the west.
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The most welcome statement, in my judgment, which he has made to-day is with regard to the 30,000 acres of that veryvaluablecrop, carrots.
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The grower, however, would have lost three days peak picking of a veryvaluablecrop.
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A mostvaluablecropis coffee, a luxury product upon which we, in this country, might well afford to grant an increased preference.
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Any of these factors may go wrong at any time and delay the harvesting or processing of somevaluablecrop.
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As to its advantages, it is a mostvaluablecropas a rotation break.
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Proposals designed to encourage farmers to grow additional quantities of thisvaluablecropare under consideration.
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It is our mostvaluablecrop, and if we can develop, cultivate and bring our grassland up to standard, we can thereby increase our herds and flocks.
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If the larger part of the subsidy were paid for maintenance, there might be a better chance of getting a more marketable and morevaluablecrop.
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The land on which that wood once stood may be much too good for forestry: it may be better employed for growing wheat or some othervaluablecrop.
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That, we all know, is going to be a veryvaluablecrop, cut every eight or 10 years, and made into hurdles or put to other agricultural uses.
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This is such avaluablecrop, not only from a nutritional point of view, but also from an employment and sporting point of view, that it must be carefully controlled.
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Coffee is avaluablecrop.
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Trees can be most beneficial when planted as shelter blocks and much ground which is virtually useless for farming can grow avaluablecropof timber.
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Early settlers introduced domestic livestock and small grains but found hemp to be the mostvaluablecrop.
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Until the early 1900s industrial hemp was avaluablecropused all over the world for its strong fibers and oil seeds.
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Thus, it is an especiallyvaluablecropin regions where the soil has sand or peat.
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The farm came with 100 acres of cultivated timothy grass, considered avaluablecrop.
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