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Randolph County 2008 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Randolph County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2008 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, forestland/wildlife land, hayland or private non-industrial forest land and other farm or ranch lands may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Randolph/Clay County USDA Service Center located at 794 West Broad Street, Suite 3, Wedowee, Alabama. The office hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-357-4561, extension 3; the fax number is 256-357-4017. Contact District Conservationist Steve Stone.

The USDA Work Group has identified the resource concerns in Randolph County in priority order:

  1. Grazing Lands
  2. Forest Health and Wildlife
  3. Water Quality/Animal Waste
  4. Erosion/Soil Quality/Cropland

All applications will be ranked using the EQIP State 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. Applications for state wide and local concerns will be batched and ranked after October 26, 2007. Any applications filed later than these dates will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available).

Randolph County will use the Alabama EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule for FY 2008. Please refer to this list for practices, program payment rates and restrictions. Limited Resource Farmers will be paid at an increased payment rate. Forestry related practices will be planned for the Fall/Winter 2008 planting season. No practice is to be installed prior to the date of a signed contract. NRCS Field Office Staff must be notified prior to installing any practice under contract to allow sufficient design criteria to be developed.

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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