a farmers crop of green leafs ruined by insects eating the plant

farmers crop brassica leafs vegetables eaten caterpillars green cabbages broccoli leafy veg field harvest decimated munched feed fed insects damaged grazed cultivate pests destroyed ruined demolished wrecked ravaged holes bitten killed countryside bugs flies beetle garden patch invasion plot big broad legumes agriculture agricultural arable farming pesticides needed required carnage small holding loss losses food feeding locusts eating plant perforated attacked