U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q60b. 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?: Wait to see if the tract is on this year's status review list.

  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 7.3 9.8 0.0 4.9 78.0 41
Arkansas 8.7 4.3 4.3 8.7 73.9 23
California 12.5 12.5 0.0 6.3 68.8 16
Colorado 12.9 9.7 6.5 6.5 64.5 31
Florida 7.7 15.4 0.0 15.4 61.5 13
Georgia 6.4 10.6 2.1 4.3 76.6 47
Iowa 4.2 7.0 1.4 9.9 77.5 71
Idaho 11.1 5.6 0.0 16.7 66.7 18
Illinois 7.6 9.1 6.1 16.7 60.6 66
Indiana 7.4 13.0 3.7 9.3 66.7 54
Kansas 12.5 5.0 1.3 10.0 71.3 80
Kentucky 1.8 3.6 1.8 16.4 76.4 55
Louisiana 20.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 75.0 20
Maryland 0.0 18.2 0.0 9.1 72.7 11
Michigan 8.8 5.9 0.0 14.7 70.6 34
Minnesota 3.6 10.7 0.0 8.9 76.8 56
Missouri 7.6 15.2 0.0 15.2 62.1 66
Mississippi 5.4 10.7 5.4 3.6 75.0 56
Montana 8.6 20.0 0.0 8.6 62.9 35
North Carolina 12.5 8.3 6.3 4.2 68.8 48
North Dakota 0.0 2.5 10.0 10.0 77.5 40
Nebraska 6.9 10.3 0.0 12.1 70.7 58
New Mexico 6.7 20.0 0.0 0.0 73.3 15
New York 12.1 9.1 0.0 18.2 60.6 33
Ohio 10.0 8.0 2.0 12.0 68.0 50
Oklahoma 13.3 4.4 6.7 8.9 66.7 45
Oregon 6.7 20.0 0.0 6.7 66.7 15
Pennsylvania 20.7 10.3 3.4 13.8 51.7 29
South Carolina 4.8 4.8 0.0 0.0 90.5 21
South Dakota 4.0 8.0 0.0 8.0 80.0 50
Tennessee 6.5 10.9 0.0 4.3 78.3 46
Texas 9.5 7.6 1.9 4.8 76.2 105
Utah 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.1 88.9 9
Virginia 6.3 3.1 0.0 15.6 75.0 32
Washington 20.0 0.0 6.7 6.7 66.7 15
Wisconsin 4.1 0.0 0.0 4.1 91.8 49
West Virginia 0.0 14.3 7.1 7.1 71.4 14
States with fewer than 15 respondents 2.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 92.0 50
All States 7.7 8.2 2.1 9.2 72.8 1,517