Evaluates a broad range of farming issues, including food safety, farm subsidies, opinions about farmers in general, buying local and organic foods, etc.

Survey questions ask: “How concerned are you that meat or poultry sold in your community’s stores might be unsafe to eat?”

• Very concerned (39%)
• Somewhat concerned (28%)
• Not too concerned (18%)
• Not concerned at all (14%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

“How concerned are you that unhealthy levels of residues from agricultural pesticides may remain on fruits or vegetables sold in your community’s grocery stores?”

• Very concerned (37%)
• Somewhat concerned (33%)
• Not too concerned (17%)
• Not concerned at all (11%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

“How concerned are you that agricultural pesticides or livestock manure may contaminate drinking water in your community?”

• Very concerned (38%)
• Somewhat concerned (25%)
• Not too concerned (19%)
• Not concerned at all (18%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

“How concerned are you that eating genetically modified food sold at stores may harm members of your family?”

• Very concerned (37%)
• Somewhat concerned (27%)
• Not too concerned (15%)
• Not concerned at all (19%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (2%)

“How concerned are you that too much farmland in your state may be converted to houses, stores, and other nonagricultural developments?”

• Very concerned (40%)
• Somewhat (29%)
• Not too concerned (16%)
• Not concerned at all (13%)
• Don’t know or won’t (2%)

“Some people value farms and ranches for their scenic beauty while other people don’t find farms particularly attractive. How much do you value farms or ranches for their scenic qualities?”

• Value not at all (9%)
• Value slightly (12%)
• Value moderately (31%)
• Value highly (46%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (2%)

“Some people value farms and ranches for their recreational opportunities such as providing places to hunt, hike or camp if the owner permits. How much do you value farmland or ranchland for its recreational opportunities?”

• Value not at all ( 21%)
• Value slightly (20%)
• Value moderately (26%)
• Value highly (32%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

“How much do you value farms or ranches as habitats for wildlife like pheasants, wild ducks and other animals?”

• Value not at all (7%)
• Value slightly (10%)
• Value moderately (24%)
• Value highly (58%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

“When you purchase or use food or beverages, how often do you look at the labels to se in which country or state they were produced?”

• Never (19%)
• Rarely (21%)
• Sometimes (21%)
• Frequently look at labels (39%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (*)

“How important is it that the food you eat comes from farms and ranches in the United States rather than from foreign countries?”

• Not at all important (8%)
• Not too important (11%)
• Somewhat important (29%)
• Very important (52%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

“How important is it that the food you eat comes from farms and ranches in your own state rather than outside your state?”

• Not at all important (26%)
• Not too important (22%)
• Somewhat important (29%)
• Very important (23%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

In the past 12 months, did you buy anything directly from a farmers such as a farmers market or stand at a farm or ranch?”

• Yes (70%)
• No (29%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

“Did you buy something from: a farmers market, a stand on a farm or ranch, or from both types of places (in the past 12 months)?”

• A farmer’s market (43%)
• A stand on a farm or ranch (22%)
• From both types of places (35%)

“In the past 12 months did you buy any organically produced fruits or vegetables, that is, fruits or vegetables labeled as produced without chemicals pesticides or fertilizers?”

• Yes (44%)
• No (50%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (6%)

“In the past 12 months, did you visit a farm or ranch for business or pleasure?”

• Yes (50%)
• No (49%)
• Don’t know or won’t say (1%)

“Thinking about federal payments to help farmers stay in business, some people believe that, in exchange for payments, farmers should apply some conservation practices such as protecting waterways, wetlands and wildlife. Other people prefer that the payments be given without conservation conditions. Do you prefer payments given without conservation conditions or requiring one or more conservation practices in exchange for payments?”

• Payments given without conservation conditions (18%)
• Requiring one or more conservation practices in exchange for payments (75%)
• Don’t know/won’t say (7%)

Do you approve or disapprove of the condition that farmers receiving federal payments should adopt university tested practices for providing wildlife habitat on their land? (Asked of the 75% of respondents who prefer conservation conditions for federal aid to farmers (75%)”

• Approve (73%)
• Disapprove (17%)
• Neutral (5%)
• Don’t know/won’t say (4%)