field crop
- noun
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cultivo de campo
- In recent years, much research has concentrated on investigating vegetable production systems that enhance sustainability for transplants as well as field crops.
- field crops such as wheat
- field crops such as corn
So if it's cattle, it's it's, it's, it's corn and a mixture of other other field crops.
- So if it's cattle, it's it's, it's, it's corn and a mixture of other other field crops.
Examples
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In the Negev, settlers apparently focused on three principal agricultural types: field crops, tree crops, and livestock.
Academic text (1991) -
Field crops such as wheat, corn, and soybeans predominate in the Midwestern states, while fruits and vegetables are found on the West Coast and in the Southeast.
Academic text (1998) -
My work was in field crops.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the end, the pressures of horticultural crop and field crop farming are more similar than they are different.
Academic text (2002) -
Because high EC can also indicate a high level of salinity and TDS, it can be used to estimate agricultural limits imposed on field crops.
Academic text (2000) -
Because field crops, like potted plants, languish when they're over-watered, proper drainage is an important aspect of successful farming.
Academic text (2002) -
In the southwestern United States, where water is scarce, tilapia are grown in concrete-lined irrigation ditches, and the effluent is used to irrigate field crops.
Academic text (2000) -
The acreage of high-value field crops (cotton, corn, rice) increased, while the acreage of lesser-value small grains (barley, oats) declined.
Academic text (2001) -
Farmers in the Midwest mainly cultivate field crops like corn and soybeans for commercial purposes.
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To maximize profits, the agricultural cooperative focuses on increasing the yield of field crops each season.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'field' (a plot of land) + 'crop' (plants grown), indicating crops grown in fields rather than garden/orchard produce. This simple noun–noun compounding and locative specification is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Field crop comes from the simple image of a field full of planted crops, with long rows of wheat, barley, cotton or hay stretching across open farmland. So a field crop means a crop 'grown in large open fields' for 'farm use' rather than in small gardens or orchards.
