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Choctaw County 2008 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Choctaw County, Alabama, announces that the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) sign-up for the 2008 Fiscal Year is open and applications are being taken on a continuous basis.

EQIP is a voluntary program that provides assistance to farmers and producers who face threats to soil, water, air, and other related natural resources on their land. Eligible land includes cropland, pastureland, private non-industrial timberland, and other farm lands.

If you have a resource concern or problem on your land that you need assistance to solve, and are interested in the EQIP program, please come by the USDA Service Center located at 105 East 5th Avenue, Linden, Alabama, or the Choctaw County Soil and Water Conservation District at 117 S. Mulberry Avenue, Butler, Alabama, and fill out an application. Phone numbers are 334-295-8724 extension 3 or 205-459-2496. Contact District Conservationist Mike Gunn.

The deadline for consideration and ranking of applications will be October 26, 2007. Additional batching periods will be scheduled as needed. Unfunded applications will be kept on hand and will be considered for funding at a later date should additional funds become available.

All applications will be ranked and approved based on the NRCS local county ranking worksheet. Individuals with the highest point totals generated from this worksheet will be ranked higher in consideration to receive cost-share assistance than those with lower point totals. In the case of a tie ranking score, the earlier application date will receive first consideration for funding. Special consideration will be given to Limited Resource and Beginning Farmers.

EQIP funds will be used to address local resource concerns in Choctaw County.

The local workgroup has decided that the following resource concerns will be considered with priority assigned as follows:

  1. Grazing Lands
  2. Forest Health & Wildlife
  3. Soil Erosion
  4. Water Quality

All conservation practices and cost-share rates will be the same as in the Alabama NRCS state approved EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule.  Limited resource farmers will be paid at an increased payment rate.

County Ranking Tool for FY2008 County Allocations

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

 These documents may require Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Excel.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAlabama EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule 2008

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix 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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