STOWE, Vt. — The Obama administration has done a better job of implementing the farm bill than other recent administrations, a key American Farm Bureau Federation official said here Tuesday.

“This administration has done a better job of implementing the farm bill than any other in seven farm bills,” Mary Kay Thatcher, the Farm Bureau director of public policy, told the American Sugar Alliance during a panel discussion.

Thatcher said that after previous farm bills passed, many other administrations have refused to listen to farm groups, saying that such contacts were forbidden under the Administrative Procedures Act.

But Thatcher said Obama administration officials “listen and make changes” when farm leaders raise questions about the plans on implementation.