| 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 |