Farm Bill Discussed At Ag Issues Forum (Continued from Page A 1) Capita Link, has been involved in the construction of not only this but also prior Farm Bills. Hebert has noted “the complex interplay between good public policy, poli tics, and legislative design... it makes for an interesting law making process,” he said. “We went into the Farm Bill with a lot of people calling for very basic, fundamental re forms,” he said. “We ended up with a commodity program that didn’t change all that much.” The net farm income, he said, was not expected to grow signifi cantly during the years of the bill’s implementation. “How did we end up with a Farm Bill that hasn’t changed all that much?” he asked. “The feel ing is that this was not so broke that it was worth making major reforms.” Payments, he said, are built BEST TURF MOWERS FOR A QUALITY CUT. 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