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