Mobile County 2004 EQIP Program

The local EQIP program signup for 2004 is open and signup is continuous. If you have a resource concern or problem on Cropland, Pastureland, and Hayland on your farm that you need assistance to solve, you should come by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Office and fill out an application. You can file this application in Mobile at the NRCS Office between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office is located at 1070 Schillinger Road, North and our telephone number is (251) 441-6505. You can also file this application in Bay Minette at the Farm Services Agency (FSA) between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The FSA office is located at 1504-A Highway 31, South and their telephone number is (251) 937-3297. The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will be 4:00 pm on April 16, 2004, and additional batching periods will be every 30 days thereafter.  Resource concerns for Mobile County have been prioritized.

The prioritized resource concerns for Mobile County are as follows:

1. Erosion/Soil Quality
2. Grazing Lands
3. Water Conservation
4. Animal Waste

There will be a restriction of 150 acres per tract that can be enrolled under conservation tillage (Erosion/Soil Quality).

Limited Resource Farmers may be eligible to receive up to 90 percent cost-share.

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 case of a tie between ranking sheets, the tiebreaker will be based upon the following criteria in consecutive order.

1. Limited Resource Farmers
2. Least amount of funding that will ensure the most environmental benefit
3. Priority areas in the Mobile County Conservation Needs Assessment
4. Most Highly Erodible Land (HEL) acreage treated

Below is the Mobile County eligible cost-share practices.  The cost-share percentages for Mobile County will be the same as the NRCS State percentages.