Cow's carer made out he is protection for the crop (9)
I believe the answer is:
scarecrow
'he is protection for the crop' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'cow's carer made' is the wordplay.
'made' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cows'+'carer'='cowscarer'
'cowscarer' is an anagram of 'SCARECROW'.
'out' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scarecrow that I've seen before include "Untidy person" , "Figure to deter birds" , "Farm field figure" , "one deters" , "Effigy in a field" .)