field crop

noun

any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.

First recorded in 1855–60

To produce a given result there is a less area of land required than is demanded for the production of any other field crop.

As a field-crop, peas and oats are sown together, and make good ground or soaked feed for horses, or for fattening animals.

Another advantage of rolling a field-crop is the greater facility and economy with which it can be harvested.

When the gladiolus is grown as a field crop, there are so many tops together that they support each other to some extent.

Its stalks and leaves are too few and light for a field crop, and it shrinks too much in curing to be valuable for hay.

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