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Dallas County 2007 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Dallas County, Alabama, announces that the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) sign-up for FY 2007 is open and applications are being taken on a continuous basis.

If you have a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, hay land, or forestland on your farm that you need assistance to solve, visit the NRCS Office and fill out an application.

You can file this application in Selma at the NRCS office between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office is located at the USDA Farm Service Office Building, 105 Samuel Moseley Dr. Suite A. and our telephone number is 334-872-2611, extension 3.

Applications will be taken through November 17, 2006, which is the date for the end of the first batching period. Any funds not allocated during the first batching will be available for subsequent batching periods as needed.

The local work group has prioritized the resource concerns as:

  1. Animals/Grazing systems
  2. Soil Quality/Erosion
  3. Forest Health and Wildlife
  4. Water Quality

All applications will be ranked and approvals based on an environmental ranking worksheet that will insure that the most environmental benefit is 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.

In the event of tie between applications, the application with the lowest cost for benefits obtained will be considered for cost-share assistance.

All conservation practices on the Alabama NRCS state approved list will be available for use in solving the conservation needs on Dallas County farms. Conservation practice 329-Residue Management has a limit of 200 acres per applicant per year. Forest Management practices will have a limit of 100 acres per applicant. Tree planting will have a 100 acre limit. Pest Management will have a 200 acre limit per applicant. Poultry Litter Hauling for application as a source of nutrients will have a 250 ton limit per applicant per year for no more than 3 years. Cost-share rates and limits on all other practices will be the same as listed on the State approved list. The state approved ranking sheet for the above listed resource concerns will be used in ranking the applications.

Special Provision: Limited Resource Farmers are required to self certify that they meet the requirements to qualify as a Limited Resource Farmer and a percentage of these applicants will be subject to NRCS State Office spot check.

County Ranking Tool for FY2007 County Allocations

Additional information is available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/.  

 These documents may require Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Excel.

Eligible Practices and Cost-share Types and Rates FY07
Appendix to Form NRCS-CPA-1202: Conservation Program Contract (National NRCS-will open in new window)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentConservation Program Application - NRCS-CPA-1200 (39 KB)

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