| 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 |