| 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 |