When California farmer John Duarte decided to settle his legal battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rather than risk losing his family owned nursery operation, a couple of signals were sent to all of agriculture according to Don Parish, senior director of regulatory relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Duarte agreed to pay a $1.1 million settlement after being accused by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of improperly disturbing a wetland when he plowed a wheat field.

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John Duarte, a California nursery owner who was sued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for plowing a wheat field without a Clean Water Act permit, has reached a $1.1 million settlement with the federal government.

Top Producer columnists Chris Barron and Paul Neiffer share a from-the-field crop update from the Evergreen State.

Thousands of acres of wheat have been baled for feed in drought-stricken areas of North Dakota. Many farmers are abandoning small grains because the quality of the crops are not worth harvesting.

Downpours in EU’s No. 2 wheat grower may curb protein content.

The spring wheat harvest has gotten underway in South Dakota as the winter wheat and oats harvests progress.

As wheat harvest gets closer by the day, now is a good time to take measurements for your records, including counting population.

Winter wheat harvest is ongoing across the country. Despite USDA saying 28 percent of the crop out of the top 18 producing states is out of the ground, winter wheat harvest is moving across the High Plains.

Some farms may start wheat harvest 10 days later than normal.