U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q10. In your opinion, should USDA farm commodity program participants be required to control soil erosion on their land?

  Definitely yes (percent) Probably yes (percent) Neither yes nor no (percent) Probably no (percent) Definitely no (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 66.0 25.5 8.5 0.0 0.0 47
Arkansas 60.0 37.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 35
California 63.6 22.7 13.6 0.0 0.0 22
Colorado 60.0 30.0 7.5 0.0 2.5 40
Florida 76.5 17.6 5.9 0.0 0.0 17
Georgia 58.8 29.4 9.8 2.0 0.0 51
Iowa 88.9 8.6 0.0 0.0 2.5 81
Idaho 64.0 28.0 4.0 0.0 4.0 25
Illinois 90.7 8.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 75
Indiana 78.0 20.3 0.0 1.7 0.0 59
Kansas 82.0 12.4 3.4 1.1 1.1 89
Kentucky 64.8 31.0 2.8 0.0 1.4 71
Louisiana 71.4 25.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 28
Maryland 66.7 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 12
Michigan 81.0 14.3 4.8 0.0 0.0 42
Minnesota 83.9 12.9 1.6 1.6 0.0 62
Missouri 75.0 21.1 3.9 0.0 0.0 76
Mississippi 67.2 28.1 1.6 3.1 0.0 64
Montana 75.0 22.7 2.3 0.0 0.0 44
North Carolina 73.8 23.0 1.6 0.0 1.6 61
North Dakota 77.1 18.8 2.1 2.1 0.0 48
Nebraska 72.6 21.9 4.1 1.4 0.0 73
New Mexico 71.4 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 21
New York 71.1 18.4 5.3 5.3 0.0 38
Ohio 83.6 10.9 3.6 0.0 1.8 55
Oklahoma 65.0 21.7 10.0 1.7 1.7 60
Oregon 70.6 29.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 17
Pennsylvania 92.5 5.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 40
South Carolina 72.0 24.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 25
South Dakota 84.6 13.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 52
Tennessee 71.2 26.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 52
Texas 73.5 19.9 3.7 1.5 1.5 136
Utah 63.6 27.3 9.1 0.0 0.0 11
Virginia 81.6 18.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 38
Washington 80.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20
Wisconsin 94.2 1.9 1.9 0.0 1.9 52
West Virginia 59.1 31.8 9.1 0.0 0.0 22
States with fewer than 15 respondents 59.7 29.0 4.8 3.2 3.2 62
All States 74.8 20.1 3.5 0.9 0.8 1,823