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Limestone County 2004 EQIP Program


Executive Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA in Limestone County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2004 Fiscal year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis. Any eligible land user who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, or hayland may apply for assistance through this program. Applications may be made at the Limestone County USDA Service Center located at 1795-B Highway 72 E., Athens, Alabama, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is (256) 232-4025 and the office fax number is (256) 232-3510. The local contact person is Mark Swafford, District Conservationist.

The USDA work group has the following resource concerns in Limestone County (all are priority 1):

  1. Soil Quality/Erosion on Cropland
  2. Animals/Grazing Systems
  3. Water Quality/Animal Waste

Approvals will be given to those applications that will provide the greatest environmental benefits, i.e., those receiving the most environmental points. Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points, until all funds are obligated. In the event of a tie the lowest tract number will be chosen.

Applications will be “batched” and ranked as additional funds become available. The first batching of applications will have a cut-off date of May 5, 2004. Any applications filed later than this date will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available).

Eligible practices and cost-share rates approved by the Limestone County USDA workgroup are the same as the state-approved list available below. Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from this list. Note: There is a 150 acre limit on Conservation Tillage for Soil Quality.

Applications may also be taken on-line at: http://www.sc.egov.usda.gov. Additional information is available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/.  

 These documents require Adobe Acrobat.
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConservation Program Application - CCC1200 (330 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Ranking Tool (76 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Practices, Cost-Share Rates, and Restrictions (100 KB)

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