Most of that was purely on an ad hoc basis. There was no regular legislation that led to that. Since ad hoc, emergency payments are not guaranteed, farmers are concerned about the level of government assistance they may receive in the future. Obviously equity still countsthere are a lot of people in California that have equity. Cash flow still counts.
Some farmers are able to manage their business and provide that kind of cash-flow protection.
I don't want to understate the fact though that there are people facing problems. There are a lot of people facing problems. He characterized the current farm crisis as a profitability crisis in contrast to the debt crisis of the 1980s. California's energy crisis was addressed by Assemblywoman Barbara Matthews, D-Tracy, the chairwoman of the Assembly Agriculture Committee. State legislators are searching for long-term solutions.