| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q86--1999:. In your county, about how many cases were granted a minimal effect exemption for agricultural purposes in 1999? |
| Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arkansas | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| California | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Colorado | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Florida | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Georgia | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Idaho | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Illinois | 1.8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Indiana | 2.1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Iowa | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Kansas | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Kentucky | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Louisiana | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Maryland | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Michigan | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2.9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| Mississippi | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Missouri | 12.4 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 5 |
| Montana | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Nebraska | 4.2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 17 |
| New Mexico | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| New York | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| North Dakota | 4.5 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 11 |
| Ohio | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Oklahoma | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Oregon | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| South Carolina | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| South Dakota | 4.7 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| Tennessee | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Texas | 2.7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Utah | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Virginia | 1.7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Washington | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| West Virginia | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| All States | 3.2 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 134 |