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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.
2008 EQIP General Program Description Documents
2008 EQIP Conservation Practice Protocols and Ranking Documents
Links to Other Useful Documents for the 2007 EQIP Program
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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