1.   Gas and oil pipelines have staunched many creeks and rivers, swamping prime pastures and crop lands.

2.   Under the Conservation Reserve Program, farmers are guaranteed rental payments to idle sensitive crop land.

3.   As a result, Congress enacted low-cost loans that mechanized much of crop land in the South.

4.   But in Nebraska, which ranks second only to California in irrigated crop land, the river has long been seen through a utilitarian lens.

5.   Corn and soybeans rose amid forecasts for an early frost for broad swaths of Midwest crop lands next week.

6.   Corn and soybeans rose amid forecasts for an early frost for broad swaths of the Midwest crop lands next week.

7.   He also repeated his desire to rely less on programs that require farmers to idle crop land in exchange for subsidies.

8.   Irrigation, especially in dry areas, leaves salt deposits behind that make crop land increasingly less productive.

9.   Marcopper spilled waste ore, known as tailings, into the Boac River in Marinduque Province, causing flash floods that destroyed crop lands and marine life.