U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q59c. If you discover that a producer is not applying an important practice in his or her conservation system during a status review, how often do you do the following?: Inform the producer that he or she is out of compliance and provide appeal rights

  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 54.5 20.5 0.0 11.4 13.6 44
Arkansas 78.6 14.3 0.0 7.1 0.0 28
California 72.2 0.0 5.6 5.6 16.7 18
Colorado 51.4 8.1 2.7 16.2 21.6 37
Florida 71.4 9.5 0.0 4.8 14.3 21
Georgia 58.0 12.0 6.0 14.0 10.0 50
Iowa 39.0 29.9 3.9 20.8 6.5 77
Idaho 50.0 9.1 0.0 13.6 27.3 22
Illinois 49.3 11.0 9.6 20.5 9.6 73
Indiana 48.1 13.5 1.9 15.4 21.2 52
Kansas 44.7 4.7 0.0 16.5 34.1 85
Kentucky 46.9 4.7 0.0 35.9 12.5 64
Louisiana 83.9 3.2 3.2 3.2 6.5 31
Maryland 27.3 9.1 18.2 18.2 27.3 11
Michigan 57.5 5.0 5.0 17.5 15.0 40
Minnesota 36.7 15.0 3.3 23.3 21.7 60
Missouri 48.6 4.2 2.8 20.8 23.6 72
Mississippi 58.5 5.7 7.5 11.3 17.0 53
Montana 37.1 11.4 2.9 8.6 40.0 35
North Carolina 64.3 10.7 7.1 12.5 5.4 56
North Dakota 50.0 18.2 4.5 11.4 15.9 44
Nebraska 56.9 4.6 4.6 24.6 9.2 65
New Mexico 56.3 31.3 0.0 0.0 12.5 16
New York 44.1 17.6 2.9 14.7 20.6 34
Ohio 47.9 12.5 4.2 14.6 20.8 48
Oklahoma 63.0 9.3 0.0 16.7 11.1 54
Oregon 37.5 25.0 0.0 18.8 18.8 16
Pennsylvania 48.6 14.3 2.9 17.1 17.1 35
South Carolina 55.6 16.7 0.0 5.6 22.2 18
South Dakota 44.9 6.1 2.0 24.5 22.4 49
Tennessee 65.9 6.8 0.0 20.5 6.8 44
Texas 51.3 16.2 2.6 12.8 17.1 117
Utah 50.0 12.5 0.0 12.5 25.0 8
Virginia 67.6 5.9 0.0 14.7 11.8 34
Washington 55.0 10.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 20
Wisconsin 40.8 8.2 4.1 32.7 14.3 49
West Virginia 56.3 6.3 0.0 12.5 25.0 16
States with fewer than 15 respondents 73.5 2.0 4.1 8.2 12.2 49
All States 52.8 11.0 3.2 16.7 16.4 1,645