U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q60c. 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?: Request an FSA-569 from the FSA. |
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 | 41.0 | 12.8 | 2.6 | 15.4 | 28.2 | 39 |
Arkansas | 40.0 | 24.0 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 12.0 | 25 |
California | 43.8 | 12.5 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 16 |
Colorado | 21.9 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 25.0 | 37.5 | 32 |
Florida | 40.0 | 26.7 | 0.0 | 26.7 | 6.7 | 15 |
Georgia | 31.0 | 11.9 | 4.8 | 11.9 | 40.5 | 42 |
Iowa | 8.0 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 32.0 | 41.3 | 75 |
Idaho | 23.5 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 35.3 | 17 |
Illinois | 13.2 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 26.5 | 45.6 | 68 |
Indiana | 12.3 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 24.6 | 50.9 | 57 |
Kansas | 17.5 | 12.5 | 2.5 | 30.0 | 37.5 | 80 |
Kentucky | 5.8 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 19.2 | 59.6 | 52 |
Louisiana | 66.7 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 21 |
Maryland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 83.3 | 12 |
Michigan | 21.1 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 15.8 | 52.6 | 38 |
Minnesota | 27.1 | 18.6 | 6.8 | 20.3 | 27.1 | 59 |
Missouri | 20.0 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 24.6 | 43.1 | 65 |
Mississippi | 29.1 | 20.0 | 3.6 | 16.4 | 30.9 | 55 |
Montana | 8.6 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 71.4 | 35 |
North Carolina | 32.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 28.0 | 50 |
North Dakota | 14.3 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 19.0 | 45.2 | 42 |
Nebraska | 25.4 | 15.3 | 5.1 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 59 |
New Mexico | 35.7 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 35.7 | 14 |
New York | 9.7 | 16.1 | 6.5 | 16.1 | 51.6 | 31 |
Ohio | 4.2 | 14.6 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 48 |
Oklahoma | 25.5 | 21.3 | 2.1 | 19.1 | 31.9 | 47 |
Oregon | 28.6 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 42.9 | 14 |
Pennsylvania | 3.0 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 27.3 | 60.6 | 33 |
South Carolina | 26.3 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 21.1 | 42.1 | 19 |
South Dakota | 25.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 50.0 | 48 |
Tennessee | 16.3 | 11.6 | 2.3 | 30.2 | 39.5 | 43 |
Texas | 26.1 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 18.0 | 43.2 | 111 |
Utah | 44.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 22.2 | 9 |
Virginia | 20.0 | 17.1 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 48.6 | 35 |
Washington | 23.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.1 | 53.8 | 13 |
Wisconsin | 22.0 | 22.0 | 8.0 | 34.0 | 14.0 | 50 |
West Virginia | 12.5 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 18.8 | 56.3 | 16 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 44.2 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 16.3 | 32.6 | 43 |
All States | 21.9 | 12.4 | 4.1 | 20.9 | 40.6 | 1,528 |