| 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 |