Obama-era rules jeopardize California farming
'If this unprecedented prosecution succeeds, it threatens nearly every farm in the U.S.'
Published: 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON – While President Donald Trump has cut over 800 regulations during just his first six months in office, freeing up small businesses to grow and prosper, one California farmer is hoping that his administration will drop a costly lawsuit held over from the Obama years.
So he can pursue his livelihood, farming, without the shadow of a misapplied regulation.
John Duarte, a farmer and owner of Duarte Nursey, Inc., planted winter wheat in 2012 on land that he owns in Tehema County, California. In February 2013, he received a cease-and-desist order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation, which is representing the Duarte family in this case.
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