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 |