U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q6. In your experience, how has farmers' willingness to comply with HELC provisions changed since 1996?

  Much more willing to comply (percent) More willing to complt (percent) Neither more willing nor less willing to comply (percent) Less willing to comply (percent) Much less willing to comply (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 0.0 31.3 62.5 6.3 0.0 48
Arkansas 2.9 41.2 50.0 5.9 0.0 34
California 0.0 23.8 76.2 0.0 0.0 21
Colorado 0.0 45.0 52.5 2.5 0.0 40
Florida 6.3 62.5 31.3 0.0 0.0 16
Georgia 12.7 27.3 56.4 3.6 0.0 55
Iowa 3.7 25.9 48.1 19.8 2.5 81
Idaho 8.0 24.0 60.0 4.0 4.0 25
Illinois 6.8 56.8 24.3 9.5 2.7 74
Indiana 3.4 31.0 50.0 13.8 1.7 58
Kansas 4.4 31.9 59.3 4.4 0.0 91
Kentucky 5.6 39.4 50.7 4.2 0.0 71
Louisiana 3.6 42.9 50.0 3.6 0.0 28
Maryland 0.0 16.7 75.0 8.3 0.0 12
Michigan 7.3 34.1 56.1 2.4 0.0 41
Minnesota 1.6 30.6 59.7 8.1 0.0 62
Missouri 3.9 34.2 60.5 0.0 1.3 76
Mississippi 10.8 38.5 49.2 1.5 0.0 65
Montana 4.8 33.3 52.4 9.5 0.0 42
North Carolina 4.9 44.3 47.5 3.3 0.0 61
North Dakota 2.1 38.3 55.3 4.3 0.0 47
Nebraska 2.8 34.7 56.9 4.2 1.4 72
New Mexico 0.0 15.0 85.0 0.0 0.0 20
New York 0.0 34.2 55.3 10.5 0.0 38
Ohio 3.6 41.8 49.1 5.5 0.0 55
Oklahoma 1.7 30.5 66.1 1.7 0.0 59
Oregon 5.9 52.9 41.2 0.0 0.0 17
Pennsylvania 2.7 40.5 56.8 0.0 0.0 37
South Carolina 8.0 40.0 48.0 4.0 0.0 25
South Dakota 3.9 29.4 64.7 2.0 0.0 51
Tennessee 1.9 45.3 50.9 1.9 0.0 53
Texas 2.2 34.1 57.2 5.8 0.7 138
Utah 10.0 30.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 10
Virginia 0.0 39.5 57.9 2.6 0.0 38
Washington 0.0 60.0 30.0 10.0 0.0 20
Wisconsin 3.9 37.3 41.2 17.6 0.0 51
West Virginia 0.0 36.4 59.1 4.5 0.0 22
States with fewer than 15 respondents 5.1 30.5 62.7 1.7 0.0 59
All States 3.9 36.1 53.9 5.5 0.5 1,813