U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q24d. In your county, how did each of the following changes in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (farm bill) strengthen or weaken monitoring of HELC compliance?: Instituted provision allowing producers to self-certify compliance with their conservation plan when applying for benefits. |
Significantly strengthened (percent) | Strengthened (percent) | Neither strengthened nor weakened (percent) | Weakened (percent) | Significantly weakend (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 2.6 | 15.4 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 10.3 | 39 |
Arkansas | 0.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 25.0 | 15.0 | 20 |
California | 0.0 | 23.5 | 47.1 | 23.5 | 5.9 | 17 |
Colorado | 3.1 | 9.4 | 62.5 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 32 |
Florida | 7.7 | 15.4 | 53.8 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 13 |
Georgia | 0.0 | 25.0 | 52.1 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 48 |
Iowa | 0.0 | 8.0 | 38.7 | 38.7 | 14.7 | 75 |
Idaho | 0.0 | 16.7 | 50.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 18 |
Illinois | 0.0 | 12.7 | 38.0 | 29.6 | 19.7 | 71 |
Indiana | 0.0 | 17.0 | 37.7 | 39.6 | 5.7 | 53 |
Kansas | 2.3 | 8.0 | 43.7 | 33.3 | 12.6 | 87 |
Kentucky | 4.7 | 28.1 | 46.9 | 18.8 | 1.6 | 64 |
Louisiana | 0.0 | 28.0 | 44.0 | 20.0 | 8.0 | 25 |
Maryland | 8.3 | 8.3 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12 |
Michigan | 0.0 | 10.3 | 46.2 | 25.6 | 17.9 | 39 |
Minnesota | 0.0 | 1.6 | 51.6 | 25.8 | 21.0 | 62 |
Missouri | 2.7 | 12.0 | 56.0 | 22.7 | 6.7 | 75 |
Mississippi | 5.0 | 11.7 | 55.0 | 20.0 | 8.3 | 60 |
Montana | 0.0 | 12.8 | 69.2 | 12.8 | 5.1 | 39 |
North Carolina | 7.5 | 11.3 | 47.2 | 20.8 | 13.2 | 53 |
North Dakota | 4.3 | 8.7 | 56.5 | 21.7 | 8.7 | 46 |
Nebraska | 0.0 | 3.1 | 48.4 | 39.1 | 9.4 | 64 |
New Mexico | 0.0 | 22.2 | 61.1 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 18 |
New York | 0.0 | 30.6 | 19.4 | 27.8 | 22.2 | 36 |
Ohio | 0.0 | 13.0 | 45.7 | 32.6 | 8.7 | 46 |
Oklahoma | 0.0 | 20.4 | 38.9 | 29.6 | 11.1 | 54 |
Oregon | 0.0 | 38.5 | 53.8 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 13 |
Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 9.4 | 43.8 | 28.1 | 18.8 | 32 |
South Carolina | 4.5 | 22.7 | 54.5 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 22 |
South Dakota | 0.0 | 16.7 | 41.7 | 35.4 | 6.3 | 48 |
Tennessee | 0.0 | 10.0 | 44.0 | 36.0 | 10.0 | 50 |
Texas | 0.0 | 10.3 | 50.4 | 26.5 | 12.8 | 117 |
Utah | 0.0 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 9 |
Virginia | 0.0 | 13.3 | 46.7 | 33.3 | 6.7 | 30 |
Washington | 0.0 | 5.6 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 18 |
Wisconsin | 0.0 | 2.1 | 22.9 | 54.2 | 20.8 | 48 |
West Virginia | 0.0 | 16.7 | 77.8 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 18 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 1.9 | 16.7 | 55.6 | 22.2 | 3.7 | 54 |
All States | 1.4 | 13.6 | 46.8 | 27.2 | 11.1 | 1,625 |