U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q54. If a participant does not have sufficient crop residue on most of his or her field after planting, how often do you grant an "AM" (minimal or technical effect) variance?

  Always or almost always (percent) Most of the time (percent) About half of the time (percent) Some of the time (percent) Never or almost never (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 0.0 7.4 7.4 33.3 51.9 27
Arkansas 0.0 15.4 0.0 46.2 38.5 13
California 0.0 9.1 9.1 18.2 63.6 11
Colorado 3.0 12.1 0.0 57.6 27.3 33
Florida 0.0 14.3 0.0 42.9 42.9 7
Georgia 3.2 9.7 3.2 16.1 67.7 31
Iowa 2.6 6.5 7.8 36.4 46.8 77
Idaho 5.6 5.6 0.0 44.4 44.4 18
Illinois 4.1 13.7 8.2 46.6 27.4 73
Indiana 4.0 14.0 6.0 34.0 42.0 50
Kansas 9.1 13.0 1.3 16.9 59.7 77
Kentucky 4.4 28.9 8.9 22.2 35.6 45
Louisiana 8.3 0.0 0.0 25.0 66.7 12
Maryland 14.3 0.0 0.0 42.9 42.9 7
Michigan 4.0 8.0 4.0 20.0 64.0 25
Minnesota 13.7 23.5 5.9 29.4 27.5 51
Missouri 11.3 15.1 3.8 28.3 41.5 53
Mississippi 7.7 7.7 0.0 28.2 56.4 39
Montana 6.3 12.5 0.0 34.4 46.9 32
North Carolina 8.9 11.1 2.2 31.1 46.7 45
North Dakota 2.5 10.0 0.0 42.5 45.0 40
Nebraska 6.0 14.9 0.0 32.8 46.3 67
New Mexico 9.1 27.3 9.1 9.1 45.5 11
New York 4.3 17.4 0.0 30.4 47.8 23
Ohio 2.2 19.6 2.2 21.7 54.3 46
Oklahoma 2.7 13.5 0.0 51.4 32.4 37
Oregon 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.3 72.7 11
Pennsylvania 9.4 9.4 9.4 40.6 31.3 32
South Carolina 0.0 8.3 8.3 25.0 58.3 12
South Dakota 5.3 10.5 2.6 26.3 55.3 38
Tennessee 13.8 13.8 6.9 17.2 48.3 29
Texas 8.2 16.5 2.4 31.8 41.2 85
Utah 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 4
Virginia 6.7 26.7 6.7 46.7 13.3 30
Washington 0.0 7.1 0.0 21.4 71.4 14
Wisconsin 4.2 25.0 10.4 27.1 33.3 48
West Virginia 11.1 0.0 0.0 22.2 66.7 9
States with fewer than 15 respondents 0.0 5.0 0.0 30.0 65.0 20
All States 5.8 13.7 3.8 31.7 45.0 1,282