1.   But finally the dike was mended, and now the crops look wonderful, getting just the right amount of rain and sunshine.

2.   Crops look good, as do farm ponds, he said.

3.   In Matagorda County, cotton acreage has passed rice and the crop looks excellent, said county agent James Engbrock of Bay City.

4.   News services quoted some tour participants as saying the crop looks better than expected, traders said.

5.   The crops look good.

6.   Thus, the new crop of comedies looks suspiciously like the old crop, often with the same stars, the same plots and the same tired punch lines.

7.   Two months ago, the crop looked dead on arrival, said Schmitt, a harvest coordinator for the state of Kansas.

8.   When a crop looks good everyone jumps on the bandwagon and prices plummet.