Idaho 2008 State EQIP

General Description

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), re-authorized in the 2002 Farm Bill. The program supports production agriculture and environmental quality as compatible goals.  Through EQIP, farmers may receive financial and technical help with structural and management conservation practices on agricultural land.

EQIP may pay up to 75 percent of eligible conservation practice costs.  Incentive payments may be made to encourage a farmer to adopt land management practices, such as nutrient management, manure management, pasture management and wildlife habitat management.  Incentive payments are limited to three years in order to encourage land owners to adopt better management.

NRCS accepts applications for EQIP all year, with one or more ranking periods set annually.  The deadline for consideration of fiscal year 2008 applications closes in Idaho on November 23, 2007.  The ranking period for 2008 applications will begin following the close of application acceptance.  The fiscal year 2009 application and ranking periods have not been determined.  Sign-ups are conducted at USDA Service Centers or customers may obtain the necessary forms on-line and mail or fax in an application.  If an application is faxed, the applicant must later sign the forms in person at a USDA Service Center since original signatures are required.
 

• State EQIP Application Information, 2007  For Archival Purposes Only
• State EQIP Application Information, 2006  For Archival Purposes Only
• State EQIP Application Information, 2005  For Archival Purposes Only
• State EQIP Application Information, 2004  For Archival Purposes Only
• State EQIP Application Information, 2003  For Archival Purposes Only
   

2008 EQIP General Program Description Documents

• How EQIP in Idaho Works  
• 2008 Special Projects for Energy Conservation and Species of Concern  
• Local Working Groups and State Technical Advisory Committee  
• Application Process  
• Program and Land Eligibility  

2008 EQIP Conservation Practice Protocols and Ranking Documents

• 2008 County Funding  
• 2008 Ranking and Protocols  
• 2008 Idaho EQIP Payment Schedules  
• Limited Resource/Beginning Farmer Payment Schedule  
   

Links to Other Useful Documents for the 2007 EQIP Program

• Idaho Field Office Technical Guide

The following documents will require Adobe Acrobat.

EQIP Fact Sheet (PDF, 112 KB)

Idaho's EQIP Success (PDF, 106 KB)

Idaho EQIP Fiscal Year 2008 Contacts

Local Contact:
Please contact the District Conservationist in the USDA Service Center nearest the location of your property. 

Idaho EQIP Program Manager: 
Bob Bartholomew
Phone: (208) 378-5703
Email: Bob.Bartholomew@id.usda.gov

Last Modified: 06/09/2008

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