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Baldwin County 2006 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Baldwin County, Alabama, announces that the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) sign-up for FY 2006 is open and applications are being taken on a continuous basis. EQIP is designed to provide technical and financial assistance to correct or improve resource concerns or problems on cropland, pastureland, hay land, and woodland.

Applications for EQIP in Baldwin County may be made at the NRCS/SWCD office located at:

USDA Service Center
207 Faulkner Drive, Suite 107
Bay Minette, Alabama
Hours:  7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday
Phone:  (251) 937-3297, extension 3

The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications for local concerns will be on January 6, 2006, at 4:00 p.m. If you file an application later than the deadline for the first funding pool consideration, your application will be considered in the next pool of funding if additional funding is available at a later date.

The local concerns that have been prioritized are:

  1. Erosion/Soil Quality

  2. Grazing Lands

  3. Forestry and Wildlife Health

  4. Water Conservation

  5. Water Quality

All applications will be ranked and approvals based on an environmental ranking worksheet that will insure that the most environmental benefits are received for the dollars expended. Individuals with the highest point totals generated from this worksheet will be ranked higher in consideration to receive cost share assistance than those individuals with lower points. Applicants will declare which concern he is applying for.

Limited Resource Farmers may be eligible to receive up to 90 percent cost-share. The first batching period for Limited Resource Farmers will be January 6, 2006.

Cost-share for Residue Management (conservation tillage) will be limited to 100 acres per applicant per year.

The cost-share percentage will be the same as set by the NRCS State office in Auburn.  The eligible cost-share practices will be the same as set by the NRCS State office in Auburn. Please refer to the state list for practices, cost-share rates, and restrictions.

In case of tie on ranking sheet: 1) treated acres with the most highly erodible land (HEL), and second tie breaker, 2) flip of a coin.

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 Practices and Restrictions (121 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Cost-Share Rates (115 KB)

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