摘要：q n the last issue of Choices, we reported our observations gained from written responses and discussions with panels of professional farm managers and operators regarding farm management decisions following the enactment of the 1996 Farm Act. There were eight panels nationwide chosen in major agricultural production areas thought to be particularly affected by provisions of the new legislation (the Plains States-North Dakota, Kansas, and Texas; the Midwest-Illinois and Ohio; the Mississippi Delta; southeastern Georgia: and a rice area of California) . The panel discussions were the last stage of the information-gathering activity conducted mainly in the winter of 1997.
