| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q86--1998:. In your county, about how many cases were granted a minimal effect exemption for agricultural purposes in 1998? |
| Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 5.5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| California | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Colorado | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Florida | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Georgia | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Idaho | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Illinois | 2.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Indiana | 2.6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Iowa | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Kansas | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Kentucky | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Louisiana | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Maryland | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Michigan | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2.9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| Mississippi | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Missouri | 9.0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| Montana | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 4.2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| New Mexico | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| New York | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| North Carolina | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| North Dakota | 6.1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 8 |
| Ohio | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Oregon | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| South Carolina | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South Dakota | 4.6 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 28 |
| Tennessee | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Texas | 2.3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Utah | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| West Virginia | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| All States | 3.3 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 115 |