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Monroe County 2008 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Monroe County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2008 Fiscal Year. The EQIP signup is on a continuous basis.

If you have a resource concern on your farm, problems on cropland, pastureland, hay-land, or forest-land that you need assistance in solving, please come by the Monroe County NRCS field office and fill out an application. Our office is located at 334 Agricultural Drive Suite 103 in Monroeville the phone number is 251-743-2587, extension 3. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.  Contact District Conservationist Joyce Nicholas.

The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will be October 26, 2007. If all funds are not obligated during the first batching period, additional batching periods will be held as needed until all monies are exhausted. Applications will be ranked and prioritized based on a state-wide ranking worksheet. Those applications with the highest point totals from this ranking worksheet will be funded first.

In the case of a tie in points, priority will be given to the application with the lowest cost. The applications will be prioritized based on local concerns. Special consideration will be given to Beginning Farmers and Limited Resource Farmers.

The local concerns that have been prioritized are:

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

Practices and cost-share percentages will be the same as the Alabama NRCS state EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule. There is a 200 Acre limit for High Residue Practices: Program payments are limited to one contract per entity/farm operation for the life of the farm bill. There is a 70 acre limit per applicant for Forest site prep and Tree planting practices.

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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