1.   Wheat futures jumped amid concern that heavy rain and poor growing conditions in the Ohio River Valley could entice farmers to uproot damaged crops to plant soybeans.

2.   Since Sharon announced that troops would not initiate military operations, Israeli tanks have repeatedly entered Palestinian territory, leveling land and uprooting crops.

3.   The storm, which also uprooted crops and knocked out power, later weakened somewhat, brushing Florida with its outer winds and then hitting the Bahamas.

4.   Trawler after trawler of a once-mighty fishing fleet was scrapped, mines were closed and traditional crops were uprooted.