| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q50. In the normal course of work, does your supervisor encourage or discourage identifying tracts or fields in violation of conservation compliance provisions when you are providing technical assistance? |
| Strongly encourages (percent) | Generally encourages (percent) | Slightly encourages (percent) | Neither encourages nor discourages (percent) | Slightly discourages (percent) | Generally discourage (percent) | Strongly discourages (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 16.3 | 22.4 | 2.0 | 55.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 49 |
| Arkansas | 21.4 | 23.8 | 2.4 | 52.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42 |
| California | 10.0 | 30.0 | 3.3 | 53.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30 |
| Colorado | 14.3 | 35.7 | 4.8 | 38.1 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 42 |
| Florida | 25.8 | 32.3 | 3.2 | 38.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31 |
| Georgia | 15.0 | 13.3 | 5.0 | 63.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 60 |
| Iowa | 16.3 | 26.3 | 7.5 | 46.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 80 |
| Idaho | 16.0 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 25 |
| Illinois | 13.3 | 18.7 | 1.3 | 52.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 75 |
| Indiana | 3.3 | 18.0 | 11.5 | 60.7 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 61 |
| Kansas | 14.3 | 27.5 | 4.4 | 48.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 91 |
| Kentucky | 11.1 | 15.3 | 5.6 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 72 |
| Louisiana | 67.4 | 11.6 | 2.3 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43 |
| Maryland | 6.7 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 60.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 |
| Michigan | 8.7 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 63.0 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 46 |
| Minnesota | 13.0 | 23.2 | 5.8 | 55.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 69 |
| Missouri | 17.7 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 58.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 79 |
| Mississippi | 13.6 | 28.8 | 9.1 | 47.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 66 |
| Montana | 6.7 | 15.6 | 4.4 | 66.7 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 45 |
| North Carolina | 22.1 | 16.2 | 2.9 | 58.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 68 |
| North Dakota | 18.0 | 26.0 | 6.0 | 44.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 50 |
| Nebraska | 8.5 | 15.5 | 9.9 | 50.7 | 9.9 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 71 |
| New Mexico | 22.7 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 45.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 |
| New York | 10.3 | 28.2 | 12.8 | 43.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 39 |
| Ohio | 1.7 | 16.9 | 3.4 | 76.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 59 |
| Oklahoma | 21.0 | 30.6 | 4.8 | 41.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 62 |
| Oregon | 21.1 | 21.1 | 0.0 | 52.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 19 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.0 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 75.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 40 |
| South Carolina | 32.1 | 28.6 | 3.6 | 32.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 28 |
| South Dakota | 11.1 | 27.8 | 3.7 | 57.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54 |
| Tennessee | 17.0 | 15.1 | 9.4 | 54.7 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53 |
| Texas | 19.0 | 22.4 | 0.7 | 53.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 147 |
| Utah | 15.4 | 30.8 | 15.4 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 |
| Virginia | 10.3 | 33.3 | 2.6 | 43.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 39 |
| Washington | 0.0 | 16.7 | 4.2 | 66.7 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 24 |
| Wisconsin | 13.5 | 26.9 | 3.8 | 48.1 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52 |
| West Virginia | 26.1 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 60.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 23 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 12.1 | 27.3 | 4.5 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 66 |
| All States | 15.4 | 21.4 | 5.4 | 52.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1,950 |