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Limestone County 2006 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Limestone County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2006 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 1795B 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. Local contacts are: Mark Swafford or Jamie Carpenter.

The USDA work group has prioritized the resource concerns in Limestone County as:

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

All applications will be ranked using the NRCS Ranking Tool and 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.

The first batching of applications will have a cut-off date of January 6, 2006. Any applications filed later than this date will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available).

The Limestone County Work Group approved using the NRCS state approved practice list and cost- share rates.  Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from this list. Note: there is a 250 acre limit on Conservation Tillage for Soil Quality.

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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