A farming family is suing the federal government over its demand that they leave a mud puddle in the middle of their farm intact because it considers the ground to be a federally protected wetland. The legal complaint in the case, Foster v. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), was filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in South Dakota. The lawsuit was filed by the Sacramento, California-based Pacific Legal Foundation, a national public interest law firm. The puddle is about 0.8 acres in size and roughly eight inches deep. The family’s rights “are being violated by being subjected to federal micromanagement of how they farm in order to protect a mud puddle,” Tony Francois, a senior PLF attorney told The Epoch Times. “The suit when it is successful will allow them the freedom to use their property as they see best,” he added. “The government has no power to …