| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q55. During a status review, if you discover that a producer is not applying an important practice in his or her conservation system, how often do you grant an "AM" 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 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 22.5 | 70.0 | 40 |
| Arkansas | 4.5 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 31.8 | 54.5 | 22 |
| California | 6.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 86.7 | 15 |
| Colorado | 0.0 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 27.8 | 58.3 | 36 |
| Florida | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 80.0 | 15 |
| Georgia | 7.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 22.5 | 65.0 | 40 |
| Iowa | 2.6 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 29.9 | 58.4 | 77 |
| Idaho | 9.1 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 31.8 | 54.5 | 22 |
| Illinois | 1.4 | 5.5 | 12.3 | 23.3 | 57.5 | 73 |
| Indiana | 0.0 | 13.0 | 2.2 | 26.1 | 58.7 | 46 |
| Kansas | 6.1 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 65.9 | 82 |
| Kentucky | 4.0 | 22.0 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 44.0 | 50 |
| Louisiana | 4.3 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 73.9 | 23 |
| Maryland | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 60.0 | 10 |
| Michigan | 0.0 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 19.4 | 71.0 | 31 |
| Minnesota | 13.6 | 13.6 | 8.5 | 18.6 | 45.8 | 59 |
| Missouri | 9.2 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 23.1 | 52.3 | 65 |
| Mississippi | 1.9 | 11.3 | 1.9 | 26.4 | 58.5 | 53 |
| Montana | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 75.0 | 32 |
| North Carolina | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 15.1 | 67.9 | 53 |
| North Dakota | 0.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 34.2 | 55.3 | 38 |
| Nebraska | 4.7 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 68.8 | 64 |
| New Mexico | 11.8 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 47.1 | 17 |
| New York | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 27.8 | 61.1 | 36 |
| Ohio | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 71.7 | 46 |
| Oklahoma | 4.3 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 23.4 | 59.6 | 47 |
| Oregon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 76.5 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.8 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 32.4 | 55.9 | 34 |
| South Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 86.7 | 15 |
| South Dakota | 2.4 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 19.0 | 71.4 | 42 |
| Tennessee | 4.9 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 17.1 | 65.9 | 41 |
| Texas | 10.1 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 22.9 | 58.7 | 109 |
| Utah | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 9 |
| Virginia | 5.9 | 20.6 | 0.0 | 35.3 | 38.2 | 34 |
| Washington | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 75.0 | 20 |
| Wisconsin | 2.1 | 10.4 | 4.2 | 31.3 | 52.1 | 48 |
| West Virginia | 5.9 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 17.6 | 58.8 | 17 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 13.3 | 80.0 | 45 |
| All States | 4.5 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 22.3 | 61.8 | 1,523 |