| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q22. Of the grassland that has been converted to cropland in your county, what portion do you believe is a result of this change? |
| All or almost all (percent) | More than half (percent) | About half (percent) | Less than half (percent) | None or almost none (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 7.7 | 88.5 | 26 |
| Arkansas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 12 |
| California | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3 |
| Colorado | 13.6 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 72.7 | 22 |
| Florida | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4 |
| Georgia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 20 |
| Iowa | 5.6 | 14.1 | 9.9 | 19.7 | 50.7 | 71 |
| Idaho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 13 |
| Illinois | 3.6 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 27.3 | 56.4 | 55 |
| Indiana | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 88.2 | 34 |
| Kansas | 1.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 9.8 | 76.8 | 82 |
| Kentucky | 1.9 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 7.7 | 86.5 | 52 |
| Louisiana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8 |
| Maryland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 7 |
| Michigan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 95.2 | 21 |
| Minnesota | 2.0 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 16.3 | 71.4 | 49 |
| Missouri | 4.6 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 21.5 | 56.9 | 65 |
| Mississippi | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 87.9 | 33 |
| Montana | 0.0 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 18.2 | 72.7 | 33 |
| North Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 22 |
| North Dakota | 0.0 | 11.6 | 4.7 | 18.6 | 65.1 | 43 |
| Nebraska | 2.9 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 11.4 | 74.3 | 70 |
| New Mexico | 0.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 8 |
| New York | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 91.7 | 24 |
| Ohio | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 88.9 | 27 |
| Oklahoma | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 90.0 | 40 |
| Oregon | 0.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 91.7 | 12 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 95.7 | 23 |
| South Carolina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 11 |
| South Dakota | 2.1 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 55.3 | 47 |
| Tennessee | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 42 |
| Texas | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 84.3 | 102 |
| Utah | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2 |
| Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 89.7 | 29 |
| Washington | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 75.0 | 12 |
| Wisconsin | 0.0 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 11.8 | 79.4 | 34 |
| West Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 7 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 94.1 | 17 |
| All States | 1.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 10.6 | 78.8 | 1,182 |