The American agriculture industry is failing to provide a livelihood for its independent farmers, a situation made worse by an ineffective and inequitable farm bill, excessive imports from abroad and corporate farms at home and flaws with crop insurance policies. That was the word from about a dozen local agriculture producers to aides from U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, Tuesday afternoon at Blackland Research Center. Damon Wells and Stephanie Gibson, agriculture and rural issues specialists on Edwards