Bumper veggie crop could yield $5,000 in fines

DeKalb County, Georgia, says a farmer is growing too many vegetables, and officials say they’ll fine him to make him stop.

WSBTV.com reports that Steve Miller is facing nearly $5,000 in fines for growing more crops than zoning regulations allow and for having workers on his 2-acre site that the law doesn’t permit...

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US Farmers Planet Fewest Wheat Acres Since 1913

A government report shows the nation's farmers planted the fewest winter wheat acres this season since 1913.

The Agriculture Department reported Tuesday that the total acres of winter wheat for 2010 is 37.1 million acres, down 14 percent nationwide from last year...