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