11.   They are small, about the size of harmless sugar ants, but they ruin crops and kill wildlife.

12.   This year, the crop is ruined.

13.   At this point, Hurford said, aid groups are simply trying to gather information about how much of the fall crops may be ruined.

14.   Drought this year has already ruined some crops and reserves are low in some places.

15.   Entire herds have been wiped out, crops ruined and tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes in search of food.

16.   Fiji has been lashed for two days by storm-force winds and heavy rain, destroying houses, ruining crops and causing livestock losses.

17.   Floods over the past two years have ruined crops and pushed North Korea to the edge of famine.

18.   Maybe the crops became ruined because of late harvesting, poor treatment or poor storage.

19.   Saying that its crops were ruined by two years of devastating floods, North Korea has asked for outside food aid.

20.   Some producers, ironically, are pinning their hopes for higher prices on cold weather ruining crops in South America.