U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q75a. In your opinion, to what extent do the following areas of guidance in the current National Food Security Act Manual (NFSAM) need to be improved?: Conservation compliance

  Needs very great improvement (percent) Needs great improvement (percent) Needs moderate improvement (percent) Needs some improvement (percent) Needs little or no improvement (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 2.2 15.6 24.4 24.4 33.3 45
Arkansas 0.0 6.3 25.0 25.0 43.8 32
California 0.0 4.3 34.8 8.7 52.2 23
Colorado 2.4 4.8 28.6 19.0 45.2 42
Florida 0.0 0.0 30.4 21.7 47.8 23
Georgia 3.8 9.4 20.8 15.1 50.9 53
Iowa 3.8 11.3 30.0 10.0 45.0 80
Idaho 8.3 16.7 12.5 16.7 45.8 24
Illinois 1.4 10.8 33.8 23.0 31.1 74
Indiana 9.1 12.7 20.0 18.2 40.0 55
Kansas 11.4 6.8 22.7 14.8 44.3 88
Kentucky 5.1 3.4 25.4 16.9 49.2 59
Louisiana 0.0 5.1 5.1 25.6 64.1 39
Maryland 8.3 16.7 16.7 8.3 50.0 12
Michigan 5.0 7.5 20.0 22.5 45.0 40
Minnesota 3.0 14.9 22.4 25.4 34.3 67
Missouri 1.4 15.1 24.7 17.8 41.1 73
Mississippi 1.6 6.5 25.8 25.8 40.3 62
Montana 5.6 11.1 13.9 22.2 47.2 36
North Carolina 3.1 12.3 29.2 6.2 49.2 65
North Dakota 4.1 4.1 36.7 18.4 36.7 49
Nebraska 7.2 7.2 26.1 27.5 31.9 69
New Mexico 0.0 10.5 21.1 21.1 47.4 19
New York 8.8 8.8 11.8 23.5 47.1 34
Ohio 8.8 10.5 14.0 24.6 42.1 57
Oklahoma 1.9 5.7 15.1 18.9 58.5 53
Oregon 5.3 15.8 10.5 21.1 47.4 19
Pennsylvania 0.0 8.3 27.8 25.0 38.9 36
South Carolina 0.0 7.4 18.5 14.8 59.3 27
South Dakota 2.1 14.6 10.4 35.4 37.5 48
Tennessee 1.9 5.8 19.2 19.2 53.8 52
Texas 6.8 4.5 16.7 17.4 54.5 132
Utah 0.0 0.0 36.4 9.1 54.5 11
Virginia 5.7 8.6 14.3 34.3 37.1 35
Washington 0.0 15.0 10.0 20.0 55.0 20
Wisconsin 8.3 22.9 18.8 22.9 27.1 48
West Virginia 0.0 5.0 20.0 35.0 40.0 20
States with fewer than 15 respondents 3.4 5.1 20.3 22.0 49.2 59
All States 4.2 9.2 21.9 20.3 44.4 1,780