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 |