Coffee County 2008 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Coffee 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.

Landowners/land users who have concerns relating to Soil Erosion/Soil Quality, Grazing Land, Water Quality and Animal Waste, and Forestry Health and Wildlife may apply.

Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Coffee County USDA Service Center located in New Brockton. The mailing address for NRCS is 3 Coffee County Office Complex, New Brockton, Alabama 36351. Applications will be accepted Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office may be reached by telephone at 334-894-5581, extension 3; fax number is 334-894-2081.  County contact is District Conservationist Mike Harris.

The USDA Work Group has identified the resource concerns in Coffee County (in priority order) as:

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

Applications will be batched and ranked using the Statewide EQIP Ranking Tool. The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will be October 26, 2007. Any applications filed later than October 26, 2007, will be considered at the next batching date, dependent upon availability of funds.

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.

Eligible practices are listed below. Cost-share rates for eligible practices will be the same as those identified in the Alabama NRCS state approved EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule.  Limited resource farmers will be paid at an increased payment rate.

Eligible Practices

328 Conservation Crop Rotation (Grass based rotation)
342 Critical Area Planting
362 Diversion
647 Early Succession Habitat Development/Management
382 Fence
386 Field Border
393 Filter Strip
394 Firebreak
490 Forest Site Preparation (SilvoPasture establishment only)
666 Forest Stand Improvement
410 Grade Stabilization Structure
412 Grassed Waterway
561 Heavy Use Area Protection
441 Irrigation System – Microirrigation
449 Irrigation Water Management
460 Land Clearing
466 Land Smoothing
468 Lined Waterway or Outlet
717 Livestock Shade Structure
512 Pasture and Hayland Planting
516 Pipeline
378 Pond
338 Prescribed Burning
329A Residue Management (no-till, strip till, direct seed)
643 Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats
558 Roof Runoff Structure
381 Silvopasture (planting perennial grass in open canopy forest land only)
574 Spring Development
578 Stream Crossing
600 Terrace
612 Tree and Shrub Establishment (Silvopasture establishment only)
620 Underground Outlet
472 Use Exclusion
749 Waste Field Storage
313 Waste Storage Facility (dry stack barn only)
638 Water and Sediment Control Basin
642 Water Well
614 Watering Facility
351 Well Decommissioning

The following practices are limited to the amount shown:

Conservation Crop Rotation (sod based or high residue crop) – 100 acres
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management – 100 acres
Forest Stand Improvement – 100 acres
Residue Management (strip tillage) – 100 acres
Pasture and Hayland Planting – 100 acres
Silvopasture Establishment – 100 acres
Fence (boundary) – 14,000 feet

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.

Alabama EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule 2008

Appendix to Form NRCS-CPA-1202: Conservation Program Contract (National NRCS-will open in new window)

Conservation Program Application - NRCS-CPA-1200 (39 KB)

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