U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q86--1997:. In your county, about how many cases were granted a minimal effect exemption for agricultural purposes in 1997?

  Mean Minimum Maximum Median Number of respondents
Alabama . . . . 0
Arkansas 2.0 1 3 2 2
California 1.0 1 1 1 1
Colorado . . . . 0
Florida 2.0 2 2 2 1
Georgia 2.3 2 3 2 3
Idaho . . . . 0
Illinois 2.7 1 5 2 6
Indiana 2.0 1 3 2 3
Iowa 2.0 1 3 2 6
Kansas 1.0 1 1 1 5
Kentucky . . . . 0
Louisiana 1.0 1 1 1 1
Maryland 1.0 1 1 1 1
Michigan 1.0 1 1 1 1
Minnesota 2.0 1 5 2 14
Mississippi 1.0 1 1 1 2
Missouri 4.0 1 15 2 6
Montana 1.0 1 1 1 4
Nebraska 3.8 1 15 1 17
New Mexico 1.0 1 1 1 1
New York 1.5 1 2 2 2
North Carolina 1.0 1 1 1 5
North Dakota 5.8 1 22 3 9
Ohio 1.0 1 1 1 1
Oklahoma . . . . 0
Oregon 1.0 1 1 1 1
Pennsylvania . . . . 0
South Carolina . . . . 0
South Dakota 4.6 1 15 3 23
Tennessee . . . . 0
Texas 6.0 2 10 6 2
Utah 1.0 1 1 1 2
Virginia 1.0 1 1 1 2
Washington 1.0 1 1 1 2
West Virginia . . . . 0
Wisconsin 1.0 1 1 1 11
States with fewer than 15 respondents 1.3 1 2 1 3
All States 2.8 1 22 1 137