U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q73. If implemented appropriately, how effective are the basic conservation systems in the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) in addressing the requirements for soil erosion reduction?

  Extremely effective (percent) Very effective (percent) Moderately effective (percent) Somewhat effective (percent) Slightly or not effective (percent) Number of respondents
Alabama 22.4 61.2 16.3 0.0 0.0 49
Arkansas 14.6 63.4 12.2 9.8 0.0 41
California 28.6 57.1 14.3 0.0 0.0 28
Colorado 22.7 56.8 15.9 2.3 2.3 44
Florida 28.0 52.0 12.0 4.0 4.0 25
Georgia 30.9 52.7 16.4 0.0 0.0 55
Iowa 40.7 49.4 4.9 3.7 1.2 81
Idaho 17.9 64.3 10.7 7.1 0.0 28
Illinois 25.7 52.7 16.2 5.4 0.0 74
Indiana 37.1 46.8 9.7 4.8 1.6 62
Kansas 40.9 48.4 7.5 2.2 1.1 93
Kentucky 43.1 52.8 4.2 0.0 0.0 72
Louisiana 32.6 58.1 9.3 0.0 0.0 43
Maryland 35.7 42.9 7.1 0.0 14.3 14
Michigan 29.2 45.8 10.4 6.3 8.3 48
Minnesota 29.0 42.0 24.6 2.9 1.4 69
Missouri 41.6 42.9 10.4 3.9 1.3 77
Mississippi 30.3 59.1 10.6 0.0 0.0 66
Montana 13.6 59.1 22.7 4.5 0.0 44
North Carolina 34.3 41.8 17.9 4.5 1.5 67
North Dakota 18.0 42.0 32.0 6.0 2.0 50
Nebraska 34.2 52.1 12.3 1.4 0.0 73
New Mexico 29.2 58.3 8.3 4.2 0.0 24
New York 28.9 39.5 18.4 10.5 2.6 38
Ohio 19.0 67.2 12.1 1.7 0.0 58
Oklahoma 41.9 48.4 6.5 3.2 0.0 62
Oregon 35.0 65.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20
Pennsylvania 33.3 64.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 39
South Carolina 36.0 36.0 24.0 4.0 0.0 25
South Dakota 25.9 59.3 14.8 0.0 0.0 54
Tennessee 36.4 54.5 7.3 0.0 1.8 55
Texas 30.5 49.0 17.9 2.6 0.0 151
Utah 35.7 57.1 7.1 0.0 0.0 14
Virginia 24.4 53.7 19.5 2.4 0.0 41
Washington 56.5 26.1 13.0 4.3 0.0 23
Wisconsin 31.4 45.1 21.6 0.0 2.0 51
West Virginia 43.5 43.5 13.0 0.0 0.0 23
States with fewer than 15 respondents 14.7 61.8 13.2 5.9 4.4 68
All States 31.0 51.7 13.4 2.9 1.1 1,949