U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q86--2000:. In your county, about how many cases were granted a minimal effect exemption for agricultural purposes in 2000?

  Mean Minimum Maximum Median Number of respondents
Alabama 1.0 1 1 1 3
Arkansas 2.8 1 6 2 4
California . . . . 0
Colorado . . . . 0
Florida . . . . 0
Georgia . . . . 0
Idaho 1.0 1 1 1 1
Illinois 2.0 1 5 1 5
Indiana 1.9 1 4 1 7
Iowa 1.0 1 1 1 5
Kansas 1.4 1 2 1 5
Kentucky . . . . 0
Louisiana . . . . 0
Maryland 1.7 1 3 1 3
Michigan . . . . 0
Minnesota 3.1 1 20 2 13
Mississippi 1.0 1 1 1 4
Missouri 9.7 1 53 1 6
Montana 1.5 1 3 1 4
Nebraska 3.5 1 10 2 15
New Mexico . . . . 0
New York . . . . 0
North Carolina 1.0 1 1 1 1
North Dakota 3.8 1 17 2 12
Ohio 1.0 1 1 1 2
Oklahoma . . . . 0
Oregon . . . . 0
Pennsylvania 3.0 3 3 3 1
South Carolina . . . . 0
South Dakota 4.8 1 18 3 29
Tennessee . . . . 0
Texas 3.5 2 5 4 2
Utah . . . . 0
Virginia 2.0 1 3 2 2
Washington . . . . 0
West Virginia . . . . 0
Wisconsin 1.3 1 2 1 3
States with fewer than 15 respondents 1.8 1 2 2 4
All States 3.3 1 53 2 131