cropland

In addition to property damage, the floods have affected some of the nation's most fertile cropland, and are expected to have an impact on already rising food prices, especially for crops like corn.

除了财产损失之外，洪水还影响了美国一部分最肥沃的耕地，并预计对已经不断增加的粮食价格有所影响，尤其是像玉米这样的农作物。

But it is "crucial" that farmers are not encouraged to use productive cropland to grow biofuel crops, it says.

但是该报告说，关键在于不要鼓励农民使用富饶的农田种植生物燃料作物。

Fly ash uranium sometimes leaches into the soil and water surrounding a coal plant, affecting cropland and, in turn, food.

浮尘中含有的铀有时会溶入煤电厂周围的土壤和水体中，影响农田，进而影响食物。