Signed into law by President Bush on May 13, 2002, the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is a complex web of
government rules and regulations.  That level of complexity was
readily apparent at a recent farm bill training meeting at the
Charles W. Capps Jr. Center for Technology in Indianola, Miss.
As each provision was discussed, questions arose from growers in
the audience. To help producers better understand the
intricacies of the new farm bill, the following are some of the
more common grower queries and answers as provided by officials
with USDA's Farm Service Agency.  Q: If adding oilseed base to a
farm, do you have to prove your soybean yield averages for each
tract of land in your farm, or for the farm number as a whole?
A: "In most cases with soybeans I think what we're going to be
dealing with is prorating the production out over all farms,"
says Robin Richardson, Farm Service Agency county director in
Sunflower County, Miss.  He says "If you haven't co-mingled your
soybeans then, yes,