U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q5. In your experience, to what extent are farmers in your county willing to comply with HELC provisions?

  Very great extent (percent) Great extent (percent) Moderate extent (percent) Some extent (percent) Little or no extent (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 6.3 35.4 45.8 12.5 0.0 48
Arkansas 5.9 67.6 11.8 11.8 2.9 34
California 22.7 27.3 31.8 18.2 0.0 22
Colorado 10.0 47.5 37.5 5.0 0.0 40
Florida 12.5 75.0 12.5 0.0 0.0 16
Georgia 14.5 47.3 25.5 10.9 1.8 55
Iowa 6.2 49.4 28.4 16.0 0.0 81
Idaho 8.0 48.0 36.0 8.0 0.0 25
Illinois 6.6 63.2 22.4 7.9 0.0 76
Indiana 3.3 48.3 33.3 15.0 0.0 60
Kansas 15.4 59.3 20.9 3.3 1.1 91
Kentucky 8.5 56.3 33.8 1.4 0.0 71
Louisiana 7.1 60.7 21.4 10.7 0.0 28
Maryland 0.0 58.3 33.3 8.3 0.0 12
Michigan 4.9 70.7 17.1 7.3 0.0 41
Minnesota 6.3 55.6 25.4 11.1 1.6 63
Missouri 10.5 47.4 35.5 3.9 2.6 76
Mississippi 9.4 62.5 20.3 6.3 1.6 64
Montana 4.5 54.5 31.8 9.1 0.0 44
North Carolina 13.1 47.5 29.5 8.2 1.6 61
North Dakota 10.4 56.3 27.1 4.2 2.1 48
Nebraska 8.2 43.8 41.1 6.8 0.0 73
New Mexico 0.0 47.6 14.3 28.6 9.5 21
New York 2.6 31.6 52.6 10.5 2.6 38
Ohio 0.0 66.1 19.6 14.3 0.0 56
Oklahoma 8.3 48.3 33.3 10.0 0.0 60
Oregon 11.8 47.1 29.4 11.8 0.0 17
Pennsylvania 10.5 34.2 42.1 13.2 0.0 38
South Carolina 25.0 62.5 12.5 0.0 0.0 24
South Dakota 7.8 60.8 23.5 7.8 0.0 51
Tennessee 11.3 56.6 24.5 7.5 0.0 53
Texas 12.2 53.2 24.5 5.8 4.3 139
Utah 18.2 54.5 27.3 0.0 0.0 11
Virginia 2.6 68.4 28.9 0.0 0.0 38
Washington 5.0 60.0 25.0 10.0 0.0 20
Wisconsin 15.4 61.5 17.3 5.8 0.0 52
West Virginia 9.1 50.0 36.4 4.5 0.0 22
States with fewer than 15 respondents 6.6 50.8 34.4 8.2 0.0 61
All States 9.0 53.5 28.3 8.3 1.0 1,830