U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q52. Since January 1, 1994, how has NRCS management changed the priority for implementing conservation compliance? |
Significantly increased (percent) | Generally increased (percent) | Neither increased nor decreased (percent) | Generally decreased (percent) | Significantly decreased (percent) | Number of respondents | |
Alabama | 2.1 | 29.2 | 41.7 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 48 |
Arkansas | 5.1 | 23.1 | 59.0 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 39 |
California | 3.3 | 10.0 | 66.7 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 30 |
Colorado | 9.3 | 20.9 | 34.9 | 27.9 | 7.0 | 43 |
Florida | 10.0 | 46.7 | 26.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 30 |
Georgia | 3.5 | 19.3 | 47.4 | 24.6 | 5.3 | 57 |
Iowa | 2.5 | 15.0 | 50.0 | 23.8 | 8.8 | 80 |
Idaho | 7.1 | 10.7 | 53.6 | 21.4 | 7.1 | 28 |
Illinois | 2.8 | 12.7 | 36.6 | 38.0 | 9.9 | 71 |
Indiana | 0.0 | 8.3 | 38.3 | 36.7 | 16.7 | 60 |
Kansas | 1.1 | 6.5 | 39.8 | 38.7 | 14.0 | 93 |
Kentucky | 7.0 | 14.1 | 47.9 | 22.5 | 8.5 | 71 |
Louisiana | 13.5 | 27.0 | 48.6 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 37 |
Maryland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 46.7 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 15 |
Michigan | 2.3 | 16.3 | 39.5 | 34.9 | 7.0 | 43 |
Minnesota | 3.0 | 10.6 | 42.4 | 28.8 | 15.2 | 66 |
Missouri | 6.5 | 18.2 | 48.1 | 23.4 | 3.9 | 77 |
Mississippi | 3.0 | 36.4 | 36.4 | 18.2 | 6.1 | 66 |
Montana | 2.3 | 0.0 | 44.2 | 37.2 | 16.3 | 43 |
North Carolina | 1.5 | 21.5 | 33.8 | 27.7 | 15.4 | 65 |
North Dakota | 2.1 | 12.8 | 51.1 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 47 |
Nebraska | 4.2 | 8.5 | 46.5 | 35.2 | 5.6 | 71 |
New Mexico | 10.0 | 15.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 20 |
New York | 0.0 | 8.3 | 41.7 | 36.1 | 13.9 | 36 |
Ohio | 1.7 | 8.5 | 35.6 | 39.0 | 15.3 | 59 |
Oklahoma | 3.4 | 8.5 | 44.1 | 40.7 | 3.4 | 59 |
Oregon | 9.5 | 28.6 | 23.8 | 28.6 | 9.5 | 21 |
Pennsylvania | 2.7 | 18.9 | 59.5 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 37 |
South Carolina | 3.7 | 25.9 | 48.1 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 27 |
South Dakota | 0.0 | 13.2 | 45.3 | 34.0 | 7.5 | 53 |
Tennessee | 3.8 | 9.6 | 42.3 | 40.4 | 3.8 | 52 |
Texas | 3.3 | 14.6 | 47.0 | 27.8 | 7.3 | 151 |
Utah | 7.7 | 30.8 | 46.2 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 13 |
Virginia | 5.1 | 15.4 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 17.9 | 39 |
Washington | 4.3 | 34.8 | 39.1 | 17.4 | 4.3 | 23 |
Wisconsin | 0.0 | 18.4 | 51.0 | 24.5 | 6.1 | 49 |
West Virginia | 8.7 | 21.7 | 56.5 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 23 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 4.6 | 16.9 | 52.3 | 20.0 | 6.2 | 65 |
All States | 3.7 | 16.0 | 44.3 | 27.9 | 8.0 | 1,907 |