| 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 |