| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q58. When a tract is not in compliance with the HELC and WC provisions, how often do you request an FSA-569 (NRCS Report of HELC and WC Compliance)? |
| 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 | 72.1 | 11.6 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 43 |
| Arkansas | 80.8 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26 |
| California | 60.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 25 |
| Colorado | 40.0 | 31.4 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 35 |
| Florida | 62.5 | 20.8 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 |
| Georgia | 68.9 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 45 |
| Iowa | 67.1 | 22.8 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 79 |
| Idaho | 58.3 | 20.8 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 24 |
| Illinois | 59.2 | 22.5 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 71 |
| Indiana | 50.9 | 33.3 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 57 |
| Kansas | 61.9 | 15.5 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 84 |
| Kentucky | 59.3 | 20.3 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 59 |
| Louisiana | 72.7 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 33 |
| Maryland | 38.5 | 23.1 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 13 |
| Michigan | 50.0 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 40 |
| Minnesota | 66.7 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 66 |
| Missouri | 72.2 | 13.9 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 72 |
| Mississippi | 51.7 | 24.1 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 58 |
| Montana | 50.0 | 16.7 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 36 |
| North Carolina | 61.5 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 65 |
| North Dakota | 53.2 | 34.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47 |
| Nebraska | 92.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 68 |
| New Mexico | 69.2 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 |
| New York | 57.6 | 18.2 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 33 |
| Ohio | 43.5 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 10.9 | 2.2 | 46 |
| Oklahoma | 61.4 | 19.3 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 57 |
| Oregon | 57.1 | 28.6 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 |
| Pennsylvania | 54.3 | 20.0 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 35 |
| South Carolina | 68.8 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 16 |
| South Dakota | 52.1 | 25.0 | 10.4 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 48 |
| Tennessee | 82.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 45 |
| Texas | 60.3 | 15.5 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 116 |
| Utah | 62.5 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
| Virginia | 69.4 | 13.9 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 36 |
| Washington | 80.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 25 |
| Wisconsin | 54.9 | 39.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51 |
| West Virginia | 33.3 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 12 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 64.4 | 17.8 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 45 |
| All States | 62.1 | 18.5 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1,670 |