| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q68. What other primary hindrance not listed above affects your ability to carry out HELC and WC provisions? |
| Wrote comment (percent) | No comment (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 39.3 | 60.7 | 28 |
| Arkansas | 20.8 | 79.2 | 24 |
| California | 20.0 | 80.0 | 20 |
| Colorado | 19.2 | 80.8 | 26 |
| Florida | 35.3 | 64.7 | 17 |
| Georgia | 15.6 | 84.4 | 32 |
| Iowa | 16.4 | 83.6 | 67 |
| Idaho | 33.3 | 66.7 | 21 |
| Illinois | 12.3 | 87.7 | 57 |
| Indiana | 25.0 | 75.0 | 48 |
| Kansas | 19.1 | 80.9 | 68 |
| Kentucky | 31.1 | 68.9 | 45 |
| Louisiana | 23.8 | 76.2 | 21 |
| Maryland | 15.4 | 84.6 | 13 |
| Michigan | 19.4 | 80.6 | 31 |
| Minnesota | 12.3 | 87.7 | 57 |
| Missouri | 10.0 | 90.0 | 40 |
| Mississippi | 13.3 | 86.7 | 30 |
| Montana | 26.7 | 73.3 | 30 |
| North Carolina | 20.0 | 80.0 | 40 |
| North Dakota | 22.9 | 77.1 | 35 |
| Nebraska | 22.6 | 77.4 | 62 |
| New Mexico | 36.4 | 63.6 | 11 |
| New York | 21.2 | 78.8 | 33 |
| Ohio | 23.7 | 76.3 | 38 |
| Oklahoma | 14.6 | 85.4 | 41 |
| Oregon | 26.7 | 73.3 | 15 |
| Pennsylvania | 21.2 | 78.8 | 33 |
| South Carolina | 33.3 | 66.7 | 15 |
| South Dakota | 27.0 | 73.0 | 37 |
| Tennessee | 20.5 | 79.5 | 39 |
| Texas | 22.8 | 77.2 | 79 |
| Utah | 28.6 | 71.4 | 7 |
| Virginia | 15.0 | 85.0 | 20 |
| Washington | 6.7 | 93.3 | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 31.3 | 68.8 | 48 |
| West Virginia | 14.3 | 85.7 | 7 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 36.4 | 63.6 | 33 |
| All States | 21.7 | 78.3 | 1,283 |