RENO, Nev. (AP) — The biggest onion grower in Nevada has agreed to pay nearly $3 million in back wages and penalties for violating a federal program used to bring foreign workers to the United States on temporary agricultural visas.

U.S. Labor Department officials said Tuesday that the Yerington-based Peri & Sons agreed to pay a record $2.3 million in back wages to 1,365 workers and a $500,000 civil penalty.