The period of time it takes to go from one harvest to the next harvest is known as a crop year. If crops are only planted once per year then a crop year can approximately a calendar year in length. However, in some climates within a calendar year there can be two crop years .
Commodity Crop
Often a commodity crop is referred to by the year it was harvested, or it will be harvested, it i just because this provides a base reference for everyone. Some crops will be more desirable in one year than they will be in another year due to weather or other conditions.
Crops included in commodity crop
Commodity crops include any crops that many individuals produces are of roughly the same quality, no matter by whom they are produced. Common corn, wheat, soybeans and rice are included in the commodity crops.
