U.S. General Accounting Office |
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
Q60d. 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 person, as time and workload permit. |
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 | 18.9 | 27.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 37.8 | 37 |
Arkansas | 26.1 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 13.0 | 43.5 | 23 |
California | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 35.7 | 14 |
Colorado | 14.3 | 28.6 | 7.1 | 17.9 | 32.1 | 28 |
Florida | 35.7 | 35.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 14 |
Georgia | 23.7 | 18.4 | 7.9 | 13.2 | 36.8 | 38 |
Iowa | 9.5 | 23.0 | 6.8 | 25.7 | 35.1 | 74 |
Idaho | 27.8 | 33.3 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 18 |
Illinois | 14.1 | 28.1 | 18.8 | 12.5 | 26.6 | 64 |
Indiana | 28.3 | 22.6 | 9.4 | 17.0 | 22.6 | 53 |
Kansas | 19.8 | 14.8 | 4.9 | 25.9 | 34.6 | 81 |
Kentucky | 27.1 | 30.5 | 8.5 | 13.6 | 20.3 | 59 |
Louisiana | 38.1 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 42.9 | 21 |
Maryland | 10.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 40.0 | 10 |
Michigan | 21.2 | 30.3 | 3.0 | 21.2 | 24.2 | 33 |
Minnesota | 24.6 | 21.1 | 3.5 | 22.8 | 28.1 | 57 |
Missouri | 27.7 | 18.5 | 9.2 | 18.5 | 26.2 | 65 |
Mississippi | 29.4 | 35.3 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 29.4 | 51 |
Montana | 6.7 | 16.7 | 10.0 | 40.0 | 26.7 | 30 |
North Carolina | 28.3 | 15.2 | 10.9 | 21.7 | 23.9 | 46 |
North Dakota | 25.0 | 15.9 | 9.1 | 15.9 | 34.1 | 44 |
Nebraska | 12.7 | 21.8 | 5.5 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 55 |
New Mexico | 25.0 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 37.5 | 16 |
New York | 16.1 | 22.6 | 3.2 | 19.4 | 38.7 | 31 |
Ohio | 15.4 | 17.3 | 7.7 | 30.8 | 28.8 | 52 |
Oklahoma | 29.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 14.9 | 29.8 | 47 |
Oregon | 25.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 12 |
Pennsylvania | 25.7 | 37.1 | 2.9 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 35 |
South Carolina | 33.3 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 33.3 | 18 |
South Dakota | 15.9 | 18.2 | 4.5 | 15.9 | 45.5 | 44 |
Tennessee | 40.5 | 19.0 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 26.2 | 42 |
Texas | 31.1 | 20.4 | 4.9 | 13.6 | 30.1 | 103 |
Utah | 28.6 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 42.9 | 7 |
Virginia | 28.1 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 15.6 | 32 |
Washington | 13.3 | 33.3 | 13.3 | 26.7 | 13.3 | 15 |
Wisconsin | 23.4 | 10.6 | 4.3 | 31.9 | 29.8 | 47 |
West Virginia | 20.0 | 33.3 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 15 |
States with fewer than 15 respondents | 44.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 38.0 | 50 |
All States | 24.0 | 20.9 | 6.7 | 18.2 | 30.2 | 1,481 |