1.   They did not ruin crops or attack living things.

2.   A jury will now decide what damages to award Davis Tree Farms, a nursery that claimed defective Benlate DF ruined its crops and forced it into bankruptcy.

3.   Critics contend the runoff ruins crops and threatens creekside cottonwood and hay meadows.

4.   Government herbicide spraying of the narcotics fields poisoned local streams and ruined other crops.

5.   Heavy rains and flooding from El Nino are ruining crops.

6.   If a cold snap hits, the trees could become brittle and break, ruining the crop.

7.   Severe drought has been ruining crops since March from Texas eastward through Arkansas, Mississippi and Georgia.

8.   That rescue worsened floods in the central Everglades, including tribal land, killing trees and ruining crops for the sacred Green Corn Dance.

9.   The new crops have been ruined by the recent flooding, Umana says.

10.   The Parker County crop was ruined by a late freeze last year, and there was nothing local growers could do.