| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q57. Consider the tracts or fields that are granted a variance or exemption based on a status review. How often are these tracts reviewed in the year following the variance or exemption? |
| Always (percent) | Almost always (percent) | Most of the time (percent) | About half of the time (percent) | Some of the time (percent) | Almost never (percent) | Never (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 57.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 40 |
| Arkansas | 57.1 | 28.6 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 21 |
| California | 46.2 | 30.8 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 13 |
| Colorado | 68.6 | 11.4 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 35 |
| Florida | 45.5 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 11 |
| Georgia | 51.4 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 35 |
| Iowa | 81.5 | 13.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 81 |
| Idaho | 47.6 | 23.8 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 21 |
| Illinois | 72.6 | 20.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 73 |
| Indiana | 64.0 | 24.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50 |
| Kansas | 79.3 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 87 |
| Kentucky | 79.7 | 14.1 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64 |
| Louisiana | 60.9 | 17.4 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 |
| Maryland | 66.7 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 9 |
| Michigan | 64.5 | 6.5 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 31 |
| Minnesota | 73.7 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 57 |
| Missouri | 75.0 | 14.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 68 |
| Mississippi | 49.0 | 12.2 | 20.4 | 4.1 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 49 |
| Montana | 76.3 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 38 |
| North Carolina | 63.8 | 19.0 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 58 |
| North Dakota | 48.8 | 20.9 | 25.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 43 |
| Nebraska | 92.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 70 |
| New Mexico | 66.7 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 |
| New York | 64.5 | 22.6 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 31 |
| Ohio | 67.3 | 18.4 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 49 |
| Oklahoma | 70.6 | 13.7 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 51 |
| Oregon | 57.1 | 21.4 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 |
| Pennsylvania | 66.7 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36 |
| South Carolina | 50.0 | 37.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 |
| South Dakota | 64.6 | 14.6 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 48 |
| Tennessee | 63.2 | 23.7 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 38 |
| Texas | 64.8 | 19.0 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 105 |
| Utah | 22.2 | 33.3 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 |
| Virginia | 82.1 | 12.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39 |
| Washington | 90.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 |
| Wisconsin | 52.9 | 29.4 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 51 |
| West Virginia | 54.5 | 9.1 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 11 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 55.8 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 43 |
| All States | 67.5 | 16.3 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1,550 |