| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q75b. In your opinion, to what extent do the following areas of guidance in the current National Food Security Act Manual (NFSAM) need to be improved?: Sodbuster provisions |
| Needs very great improvement (percent) | Needs great improvement (percent) | Needs moderate improvement (percent) | Needs some improvement (percent) | Needs little or no improvement (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 4.8 | 16.7 | 23.8 | 11.9 | 42.9 | 42 |
| Arkansas | 0.0 | 3.2 | 25.8 | 22.6 | 48.4 | 31 |
| California | 0.0 | 9.5 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 47.6 | 21 |
| Colorado | 9.5 | 7.1 | 16.7 | 14.3 | 52.4 | 42 |
| Florida | 0.0 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 61.1 | 18 |
| Georgia | 3.8 | 9.4 | 20.8 | 13.2 | 52.8 | 53 |
| Iowa | 5.0 | 23.8 | 20.0 | 13.8 | 37.5 | 80 |
| Idaho | 8.7 | 8.7 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 52.2 | 23 |
| Illinois | 2.7 | 16.4 | 30.1 | 19.2 | 31.5 | 73 |
| Indiana | 1.9 | 17.3 | 15.4 | 23.1 | 42.3 | 52 |
| Kansas | 14.6 | 5.6 | 21.3 | 16.9 | 41.6 | 89 |
| Kentucky | 3.3 | 6.6 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 50.8 | 61 |
| Louisiana | 0.0 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 27.0 | 59.5 | 37 |
| Maryland | 0.0 | 36.4 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 45.5 | 11 |
| Michigan | 5.1 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 20.5 | 46.2 | 39 |
| Minnesota | 6.0 | 14.9 | 16.4 | 26.9 | 35.8 | 67 |
| Missouri | 4.3 | 13.0 | 17.4 | 23.2 | 42.0 | 69 |
| Mississippi | 0.0 | 8.3 | 23.3 | 18.3 | 50.0 | 60 |
| Montana | 16.7 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 16.7 | 41.7 | 36 |
| North Carolina | 4.7 | 7.8 | 25.0 | 10.9 | 51.6 | 64 |
| North Dakota | 12.2 | 6.1 | 30.6 | 16.3 | 34.7 | 49 |
| Nebraska | 13.2 | 13.2 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 68 |
| New Mexico | 5.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 20 |
| New York | 8.8 | 5.9 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 50.0 | 34 |
| Ohio | 3.6 | 18.2 | 9.1 | 21.8 | 47.3 | 55 |
| Oklahoma | 3.8 | 9.6 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 48.1 | 52 |
| Oregon | 6.3 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 6.3 | 68.8 | 16 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.9 | 8.6 | 20.0 | 28.6 | 40.0 | 35 |
| South Carolina | 0.0 | 3.8 | 11.5 | 23.1 | 61.5 | 26 |
| South Dakota | 4.2 | 6.3 | 22.9 | 29.2 | 37.5 | 48 |
| Tennessee | 1.9 | 5.8 | 17.3 | 23.1 | 51.9 | 52 |
| Texas | 6.3 | 7.8 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 55.5 | 128 |
| Utah | 0.0 | 10.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 10 |
| Virginia | 5.7 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 31.4 | 45.7 | 35 |
| Washington | 0.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 60.0 | 20 |
| Wisconsin | 4.3 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 14.9 | 42.6 | 47 |
| West Virginia | 0.0 | 5.3 | 26.3 | 15.8 | 52.6 | 19 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 3.4 | 3.4 | 23.7 | 25.4 | 44.1 | 59 |
| All States | 5.3 | 10.6 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 45.6 | 1,741 |