| 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 |