[familyop]

"In rural areas there is no code that you must comply with regarding how long you can grow your grass, straw, hay or whatever. That’s the whole point of living in a rural area where you are able to grow crops."

In the West, in remote, sparsely populated areas (more rural than most), water-related laws are for the purpose of discouraging the intentional growing of grass, etc. Counties in the middle of nowhere are regulated like big cities (impact fees, land use regulations, "open space" policies, animal protection laws including agriculture, laws against camping on vacant land (including very large lots in unpopulated areas), global building regulations, zoning "laws" against all kinds of work and much more).

[B4Ranch]

You must be referring to CA, OR and WA. NV is mostly owned by the Feds but it is also the state with the least restrictions pertaining to individuals. I think UT is also a ‘good’ state.