U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q14. In your opinion, how effective, if at all, are sodbuster provisions in limiting conversion of native vegetation to cropland?

  Extremely effective (percent) Very effective (percent) Moderately effective (percent) Somewhat effective (percent) Slightly or not effective (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 0.0 16.7 28.6 35.7 19.0 42
Arkansas 4.2 37.5 29.2 12.5 16.7 24
California 0.0 25.0 31.3 18.8 25.0 16
Colorado 2.6 10.5 28.9 26.3 31.6 38
Florida 6.7 20.0 40.0 20.0 13.3 15
Georgia 16.3 40.8 18.4 12.2 12.2 49
Iowa 0.0 10.1 12.7 16.5 60.8 79
Idaho 4.3 4.3 26.1 8.7 56.5 23
Illinois 0.0 9.7 16.7 18.1 55.6 72
Indiana 0.0 18.9 17.0 13.2 50.9 53
Kansas 3.3 16.7 23.3 17.8 38.9 90
Kentucky 5.4 12.5 14.3 25.0 42.9 56
Louisiana 12.0 40.0 16.0 20.0 12.0 25
Maryland 0.0 30.0 10.0 20.0 40.0 10
Michigan 0.0 17.6 20.6 20.6 41.2 34
Minnesota 1.6 14.8 18.0 21.3 44.3 61
Missouri 1.5 13.6 19.7 28.8 36.4 66
Mississippi 6.7 40.0 28.3 16.7 8.3 60
Montana 0.0 11.9 7.1 28.6 52.4 42
North Carolina 10.7 21.4 21.4 26.8 19.6 56
North Dakota 0.0 16.7 18.8 20.8 43.8 48
Nebraska 0.0 4.1 11.0 15.1 69.9 73
New Mexico 5.3 21.1 26.3 15.8 31.6 19
New York 0.0 11.4 28.6 20.0 40.0 35
Ohio 2.3 9.3 14.0 16.3 58.1 43
Oklahoma 1.8 28.1 15.8 28.1 26.3 57
Oregon 0.0 6.3 37.5 37.5 18.8 16
Pennsylvania 0.0 6.1 21.2 21.2 51.5 33
South Carolina 9.5 33.3 19.0 23.8 14.3 21
South Dakota 1.9 7.7 13.5 17.3 59.6 52
Tennessee 6.7 20.0 22.2 13.3 37.8 45
Texas 9.8 21.2 20.5 16.7 31.8 132
Utah 0.0 22.2 22.2 22.2 33.3 9
Virginia 6.3 25.0 25.0 12.5 31.3 32
Washington 5.3 26.3 21.1 26.3 21.1 19
Wisconsin 4.3 10.6 12.8 23.4 48.9 47
West Virginia 0.0 5.3 15.8 47.4 31.6 19
States with fewer than 15 respondents 2.1 18.8 22.9 25.0 31.3 48
All States 3.7 17.7 19.7 20.5 38.5 1,659