15. Tomatoes
Price per pound: $3 and up
You are probably wondering how tomatoes ended up on our list of most profitable crops in the world when the average price per pound is around $3. Tomato yields per acre are very high, and profit per acre in 2002 was $45,000. In 2003 it was $27,000, according to New Leaf records. This fluctuation shows how hard it is to give exact predictions on harvest and amount of tomatoes you farm can produce. Western Farm Press published a very interesting article about a phenomenon in California in 2009 when yields per acre were as high as 75-80 tons. Do your math, and it will become clear why we put tomatoes on our list of most profitable crops in the world.