A California farmer agreed Tuesday to pay $1.1 million for plowing federally protected wetlands on his wheat field, according to the Department of Justice. This ends a five-year legal battle over ...

Mr. Duarte bought the 450-acre plot in Tehama County to grow wheat, but the Army Corps of Engineers ruled in 2013 that the pools running alongside the furrows were navigable waters under the ...

MORE: Farmer faces $2.8 million fine after plowing field But Duarte said four months after agreeing to spend $1.1 million on restoration and fines in the case, nothing has changed. In addition to ...

A farmer faces trial in federal court this summer and a $2.8 million fine for failing to get a permit to plow his field and plant wheat in Tehama County.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The president of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts is urging farmers to think twice before plowing their fields this spring. Kim Farber says ongoing drought in ...

WHEAT FIELD OF 25,000 ACRES.; It Would Take One Man Thirty Years to Plow and Plant Such a Field as One Californian Owns.

Reuters’ Emily Schmall reported that “farmers cut their losses early this year across the U.S. wheat belt, stretching from ...

Russian crop failures in 1973 sent its wheat buyers to the U.S., where they made massive purchases and drove up wheat prices. Nixon told Butz to keep food prices low for consumers at all costs.

Farmers used oxen for plowing fields, preparing the soil for crucial crops like wheat and flax. After planting, they harvested grain using a cradle and flailed it to separate the kernels from the ...