11.   Soybean production grew in Brazil as farmers switched from corn and other less profitable crops to gain from high demand and international prices in the past two years.

12.   Supporters said the measure would let farmers plant the most profitable crops free of constraints from the federal government.

13.   The attraction of the buyout is strong, although tobacco continues to be the single most profitable crop a farmer can raise in this region, Hance said.

14.   The settlement was intendedto remedy discrimination against black farmers who for decades had been turned down for farm loans or received loans too late to plant a profitable crop.

15.   They are scrambling to help the growers become more efficient, as well as to find other profitable crops.

16.   Tobacco is, by far, the most profitable crop per acre that can be grown here.

17.   White believed that such cultivation would be a profitable second crop, one occurring a month before the cranberry harvest.

18.   A Central Bank report blamed pest infestation and farmers shifting their land to more profitable crops.

19.   As a result, many surrounding farms in the land claim area are now used as pasture or for growing hay instead of more profitable crops, he said.

20.   It blamed pest infestation and farmers shifting their land to more profitable crops.