| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q48. How do you view HELC provisions in terms of their effect on farm profitability in our county? |
| Very positive (percent) | Positive (percent) | Neither positive nor negative (percent) | Negative (percent) | Very negative (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 0.0 | 36.7 | 57.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 49 |
| Arkansas | 0.0 | 31.6 | 63.2 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 38 |
| California | 0.0 | 13.3 | 73.3 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 30 |
| Colorado | 7.0 | 20.9 | 60.5 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 43 |
| Florida | 4.0 | 52.0 | 28.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 25 |
| Georgia | 3.4 | 33.9 | 57.6 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 59 |
| Iowa | 3.8 | 31.6 | 58.2 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 79 |
| Idaho | 0.0 | 19.2 | 69.2 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 26 |
| Illinois | 2.7 | 48.0 | 42.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 75 |
| Indiana | 0.0 | 29.5 | 63.9 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 61 |
| Kansas | 3.3 | 46.7 | 45.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 92 |
| Kentucky | 0.0 | 43.1 | 52.8 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 72 |
| Louisiana | 5.0 | 30.0 | 62.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 40 |
| Maryland | 0.0 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 |
| Michigan | 0.0 | 30.4 | 65.2 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 46 |
| Minnesota | 4.5 | 26.9 | 64.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 67 |
| Missouri | 1.3 | 35.1 | 54.5 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 77 |
| Mississippi | 7.6 | 60.6 | 28.8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 66 |
| Montana | 7.3 | 24.4 | 68.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41 |
| North Carolina | 4.3 | 36.2 | 50.7 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 69 |
| North Dakota | 6.1 | 42.9 | 40.8 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 49 |
| Nebraska | 5.5 | 39.7 | 49.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 73 |
| New Mexico | 0.0 | 31.8 | 68.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 |
| New York | 2.6 | 17.9 | 74.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 39 |
| Ohio | 1.6 | 24.6 | 70.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 61 |
| Oklahoma | 1.6 | 24.6 | 67.2 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 61 |
| Oregon | 0.0 | 25.0 | 70.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 20 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38 |
| South Carolina | 7.7 | 50.0 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26 |
| South Dakota | 5.6 | 24.1 | 70.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54 |
| Tennessee | 7.5 | 47.2 | 43.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 53 |
| Texas | 0.7 | 23.0 | 61.2 | 13.7 | 1.4 | 139 |
| Utah | 0.0 | 30.8 | 61.5 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 13 |
| Virginia | 0.0 | 34.2 | 63.2 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 38 |
| Washington | 0.0 | 28.0 | 72.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25 |
| Wisconsin | 5.9 | 27.5 | 62.7 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 51 |
| West Virginia | 0.0 | 21.7 | 69.6 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 23 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 0.0 | 22.7 | 72.7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 66 |
| All States | 2.8 | 33.4 | 57.8 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 1,920 |