raise crops

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The 44 farms include catfish growers and operations that raise crops such as rice, soybeans and corn.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

The treaties also established that the government would provide the Navajo with "seeds and agricultural implements" to raise crops on the reservation.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2023

He added that farming is different than ranching, and that raising cattle doesn’t come easy to people trained to raise crops.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021

Trying to raise crops on the reservation was difficult because the land was often not suitable for farming.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Few men were left in the war-torn Soviet villages—they were all at war, leaving the women to drive tractors, manage livestock, and raise crops.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein