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 |