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