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