U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q60a. When you see a USDA participant's tract that includes HEL cropland farmed without a conservation system to meet the soil-loss reduction requirements, how often do you do the following?: Notify the participant immediately, either in person or by mail, that the tract may be out of compliance. |
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 | 52.4 | 19.0 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 16.7 | 42 |
Arkansas | 71.4 | 17.9 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 28 |
California | 66.7 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.8 | 18 |
Colorado | 42.4 | 27.3 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 33 |
Florida | 62.5 | 25.0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 16 |
Georgia | 51.9 | 28.8 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 11.5 | 52 |
Iowa | 31.2 | 35.1 | 2.6 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 77 |
Idaho | 42.1 | 31.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 15.8 | 19 |
Illinois | 35.7 | 14.3 | 8.6 | 22.9 | 18.6 | 70 |
Indiana | 35.7 | 19.6 | 1.8 | 25.0 | 17.9 | 56 |
Kansas | 34.5 | 26.2 | 2.4 | 14.3 | 22.6 | 84 |
Kentucky | 33.3 | 35.0 | 1.7 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 60 |
Louisiana | 76.9 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 26 |
Maryland | 36.4 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 36.4 | 11 |
Michigan | 39.5 | 13.2 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 34.2 | 38 |
Minnesota | 43.3 | 21.7 | 5.0 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 60 |
Missouri | 49.3 | 12.7 | 2.8 | 22.5 | 12.7 | 71 |
Mississippi | 58.7 | 20.6 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 63 |
Montana | 28.6 | 25.7 | 5.7 | 14.3 | 25.7 | 35 |
North Carolina | 49.1 | 34.5 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 55 |
North Dakota | 38.3 | 34.0 | 6.4 | 12.8 | 8.5 | 47 |
Nebraska | 32.8 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 28.1 | 25.0 | 64 |
New Mexico | 50.0 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 16 |
New York | 31.3 | 28.1 | 3.1 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 32 |
Ohio | 25.0 | 28.8 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 21.2 | 52 |
Oklahoma | 51.0 | 24.5 | 4.1 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 49 |
Oregon | 33.3 | 40.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 15 |
Pennsylvania | 23.5 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 29.4 | 34 |
South Carolina | 78.9 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 19 |
South Dakota | 46.0 | 22.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 50 |
Tennessee | 45.7 | 26.1 | 4.3 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 46 |
Texas | 50.4 | 18.7 | 2.4 | 8.1 | 20.3 | 123 |
Utah | 88.9 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 |
Virginia | 51.4 | 31.4 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 35 |
Washington | 13.3 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 15 |
Wisconsin | 46.9 | 24.5 | 4.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 49 |
West Virginia | 38.9 | 33.3 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 18 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 66.0 | 20.8 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 53 |
All States | 44.3 | 23.3 | 3.4 | 13.2 | 15.9 | 1,640 |