U.S. General Accounting Office
Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP)
Q75c. 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?: Swampbuster provisions, overall

  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 7.1 21.4 21.4 16.7 33.3 42
Arkansas 6.7 6.7 23.3 26.7 36.7 30
California 0.0 9.1 27.3 22.7 40.9 22
Colorado 3.0 3.0 30.3 12.1 51.5 33
Florida 3.7 3.7 29.6 22.2 40.7 27
Georgia 7.4 16.7 14.8 14.8 46.3 54
Iowa 5.2 23.4 26.0 14.3 31.2 77
Idaho 8.0 20.0 8.0 16.0 48.0 25
Illinois 5.4 18.9 17.6 20.3 37.8 74
Indiana 9.8 7.8 19.6 27.5 35.3 51
Kansas 9.6 8.4 27.7 19.3 34.9 83
Kentucky 3.8 15.1 20.8 13.2 47.2 53
Louisiana 2.7 8.1 8.1 18.9 62.2 37
Maryland 8.3 41.7 0.0 0.0 50.0 12
Michigan 7.5 15.0 20.0 22.5 35.0 40
Minnesota 9.0 14.9 23.9 23.9 28.4 67
Missouri 6.1 10.6 16.7 19.7 47.0 66
Mississippi 0.0 12.3 26.3 17.5 43.9 57
Montana 6.9 17.2 3.4 20.7 51.7 29
North Carolina 9.8 11.5 21.3 11.5 45.9 61
North Dakota 17.0 21.3 25.5 14.9 21.3 47
Nebraska 15.2 10.6 25.8 27.3 21.2 66
New Mexico 0.0 7.1 35.7 7.1 50.0 14
New York 11.8 5.9 20.6 20.6 41.2 34
Ohio 13.0 11.1 18.5 24.1 33.3 54
Oklahoma 4.2 10.4 16.7 22.9 45.8 48
Oregon 6.3 12.5 18.8 6.3 56.3 16
Pennsylvania 3.0 12.1 15.2 24.2 45.5 33
South Carolina 0.0 3.7 18.5 18.5 59.3 27
South Dakota 13.6 6.8 25.0 20.5 34.1 44
Tennessee 2.0 12.0 16.0 16.0 54.0 50
Texas 8.2 10.9 12.7 16.4 51.8 110
Utah 8.3 8.3 33.3 8.3 41.7 12
Virginia 5.6 16.7 19.4 19.4 38.9 36
Washington 4.8 19.0 19.0 14.3 42.9 21
Wisconsin 13.0 10.9 26.1 13.0 37.0 46
West Virginia 0.0 16.7 22.2 11.1 50.0 18
States with fewer than 15 respondents 5.4 8.9 17.9 21.4 46.4 56
All States 7.2 12.7 20.3 18.5 41.1 1,672