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<p>A crop is a <a href="/facts/Plant/X5BMDMvS">plant</a> that can be grown and <a href="/facts/Harvest/a4Lywf6p">harvested</a> extensively for profit or subsistence. In other words, a crop is a plant or plant product that is grown for a specific purpose such as <a href="/facts/Food/RgNq6NAK">food</a>, <a href="/facts/Fiber/ttkxAFBu">fibre</a>, or <a href="/facts/Fuel/H8DIRL1j">fuel</a>. </p><p>When plants of the same species are cultivated in rows or other systematic arrangements, it is called crop field or crop cultivation. </p><p>Most crops are <a href="/facts/Harvest/a4Lywf6p">harvested</a> as <a href="/facts/Food/RgNq6NAK">food</a> for humans or <a href="/facts/Fodder/b4Hw0Lq0">fodder</a> for <a href="/facts/Livestock/Quhv6GvP">livestock</a>. </p><p>Important <a href="/facts/Non-food/FGCJ5fBx">non-food</a> crops include <a href="/facts/Horticulture/m8qBLuT3">horticulture</a>, <a href="/facts/Floriculture/fSaNTb72">floriculture</a>, and industrial crops. <a href="/facts/Horticulture/m8qBLuT3">Horticulture</a> crops include plants used for other crops (e.g. <a href="/facts/Fruit_trees/avWL8DgX">fruit trees</a>). <a href="/facts/Floriculture/fSaNTb72">Floriculture</a> crops include bedding plants, houseplants, flowering garden and pot plants, cut cultivated greens, and <a href="/facts/Cut_flowers/rxXFIn5u">cut flowers</a>. <a href="/facts/Industrial_crop/FGCJ5fBx">Industrial crops</a> are produced for <a href="/facts/Clothing/5J5RhkYY">clothing</a> (<a href="/facts/Fiber_crop/ucL2g6AX">fiber crops</a> e.g. <a href="/facts/Cotton/efXRcjbn">cotton</a>), <a href="/facts/Biofuel/RWu7b6Y3">biofuel</a> (<a href="/facts/Energy_crops/kICoqJaT">energy crops</a>, <a href="/facts/Algae_fuel/A0SBG0RL">algae fuel</a>), or <a href="/facts/Medicine/2fnp90Je">medicine</a> (<a href="/facts/Medicinal_plants/KUvkVQ8q">medicinal plants</a>). </p>