| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q11. In general, is it economically feasible for producers in your county to reduce the soil erosion on their land to the soil loss tolerance level? |
| Definitely yes (percent) | Probably yes (percent) | Neither yes nor no (percent) | Probably no (percent) | Definitely no (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 12.5 | 58.3 | 8.3 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 48 |
| Arkansas | 42.9 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 2.9 | 35 |
| California | 31.8 | 36.4 | 4.5 | 22.7 | 4.5 | 22 |
| Colorado | 32.5 | 50.0 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 2.5 | 40 |
| Florida | 25.0 | 50.0 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 16 |
| Georgia | 20.8 | 50.9 | 17.0 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 53 |
| Iowa | 56.8 | 33.3 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 81 |
| Idaho | 20.8 | 58.3 | 4.2 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 24 |
| Illinois | 37.8 | 44.6 | 2.7 | 12.2 | 2.7 | 74 |
| Indiana | 40.0 | 43.3 | 1.7 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 60 |
| Kansas | 56.0 | 37.4 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 91 |
| Kentucky | 37.1 | 41.4 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.4 | 70 |
| Louisiana | 28.6 | 57.1 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 28 |
| Maryland | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 |
| Michigan | 57.1 | 38.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 42 |
| Minnesota | 54.0 | 34.9 | 3.2 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 63 |
| Missouri | 33.8 | 40.3 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 6.5 | 77 |
| Mississippi | 15.6 | 46.9 | 6.3 | 20.3 | 10.9 | 64 |
| Montana | 59.1 | 34.1 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 44 |
| North Carolina | 34.4 | 45.9 | 3.3 | 13.1 | 3.3 | 61 |
| North Dakota | 56.3 | 22.9 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 48 |
| Nebraska | 47.9 | 41.1 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 73 |
| New Mexico | 57.1 | 23.8 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 21 |
| New York | 39.5 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 38 |
| Ohio | 41.8 | 52.7 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 55 |
| Oklahoma | 33.3 | 46.7 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 60 |
| Oregon | 47.1 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 70.0 | 25.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 40 |
| South Carolina | 33.3 | 50.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 24 |
| South Dakota | 44.2 | 50.0 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 52 |
| Tennessee | 22.6 | 52.8 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 5.7 | 53 |
| Texas | 42.3 | 35.8 | 2.2 | 13.9 | 5.8 | 137 |
| Utah | 45.5 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 |
| Virginia | 21.1 | 63.2 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 38 |
| Washington | 31.6 | 36.8 | 10.5 | 21.1 | 0.0 | 19 |
| Wisconsin | 57.7 | 30.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 52 |
| West Virginia | 27.3 | 40.9 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 4.5 | 22 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 33.3 | 42.9 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 63 |
| All States | 40.3 | 42.4 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 2.9 | 1,828 |