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Dallas County 2008 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 2008 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. Contact District Conservationist Doug Gresham.

Applications will be taken through October 26, 2007, 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 program payments 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 program payments.

All conservation practices, payments and restrictions on the Alabama NRCS state approved EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule will be used on Dallas County farms with the following restrictions:

  • 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 for very low and low intensity treatment.
  • Pest Management for medium, high, and very high intensity treatment will have a 40 acre contract limit.
  • 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.

A 100 acre limit on practices:

  • 643-Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Species,
  • 645-Upland Wildlife Habitat Management,
  • 647-Early Successional Habitat Management.

The state approved ranking sheet for the above listed resource concerns will be used in ranking the applications.

Special Provision: Limited resource farmers will be paid at an increased payment rate.  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 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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