| 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 |