| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q19. How often are decisions to grant HELC good faith exemptions by the Farm Service Agency county committees properly supported? |
| Always or almost always (percent) | Most of the time (percent) | About half of the time (percent) | Some of the time (percent) | Never or almost never (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 45.5 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 11 |
| Arkansas | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 40.0 | 40.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10 |
| Florida | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Georgia | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Iowa | 10.5 | 36.8 | 5.3 | 34.2 | 13.2 | 38 |
| Idaho | 0.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| Illinois | 16.1 | 35.5 | 3.2 | 29.0 | 16.1 | 31 |
| Indiana | 27.3 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 36.4 | 9.1 | 11 |
| Kansas | 40.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 10 |
| Kentucky | 66.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 6 |
| Louisiana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Maryland | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Michigan | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 53.8 | 38.5 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 |
| Missouri | 14.3 | 57.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 7 |
| Mississippi | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Montana | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
| North Dakota | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 4 |
| Nebraska | 14.7 | 44.1 | 11.8 | 23.5 | 5.9 | 34 |
| New Mexico | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| New York | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5 |
| Ohio | 0.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Oklahoma | 33.3 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 12 |
| Oregon | 0.0 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 38.5 | 46.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 13 |
| South Carolina | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| South Dakota | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Tennessee | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 6 |
| Texas | 27.3 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 27.3 | 18.2 | 11 |
| Utah | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 4 |
| Washington | 44.4 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 9 |
| Wisconsin | 40.9 | 22.7 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 22 |
| West Virginia | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 40.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| All States | 28.6 | 35.0 | 5.8 | 19.6 | 10.9 | 311 |