Barriers to Participation for ARMS Respondents Who Did Not Apply for Conservation Program Participation
| Proportion of Respondents | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | Neutral | Disagree | |
| I was not aware of USDA or other conservation programs. | 0.15 | 0.37 | 0.49 |
| I was not aware of environmental problems (on surveyed field). | 0.63 | 0.23 | 0.14 |
| Payments are not high enough. | 0.20 | 0.68 | 0.12 |
| Government standards make practices more expensive than they need to be to get the job done. | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.10 |
| My offer would not have been accepted because the problems in this field are not national or state priorities. | 0.23 | 0.61 | 0.15 |
| The application process is too complicated and time-consuming. | 0.29 | 0.57 | 0.14 |
| Documenting compliance would be too complicated and timeconsuming. | 0.31 | 0.55 | 0.12 |
Source: 2012 Agricultural Resources Management Survey.
Note: Based on 2012 field-level survey of soybean production and conservation practices. ARMS, Agricultural Resources Management Survey.