EQIP | Rhode Island NRCS

FY 2013 Practice Payment Rates

The following document provide a listing of all eligible FY 2013 EQIP practices and their payment rates. For both the State and national initiatives being offered in Rhode Island, there is a limited suite of practices that will be eligible for FY 2013. For information about the practices eligible for a specific initiative, please select the appropriate link in Special Initiatives for FY 2013 below.

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FY 2013 Rhode Island Prescreening Tools

The prescreening tool is used to determine your application's priority. Applicants can select a prescreening tool and answer the questions to determine their priority.

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Special Initiatives for FY 2013
National On Farm Energy Initiative (PDF, 137 KB) This document requires Acrobat Reader. - The Farm Bill provides authority to use the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for payment of practices and conservation activities involving the development of an agricultural energy management plan (AgEMP). The energy initiative is designed to help producers improve energy efficiency on their agriculture operations. This initiative provides funding for individual on-farm energy audits intended to save both money and energy when fully implemented.

    FY 2013 Energy Practice Payment Rates:

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          Standard Practice Payment Rates and Historically Underserved Payment Rates (PDF, 331 KB)

National Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative - NRCS has established a national high tunnel initiative. Agricultural producers can apply to receive financial and technical assistance to help NRCS test the conservation benefits and effects of high tunnels (also known as hoop houses) in practical, real-world situations.

FY 2013 Seasonal High Tunnel Practice Payment Rates:

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          Standard Practice Payment Rates and Historically Underserved Payment Rates (PDF, 230 KB)

National Organic Initiative - NRCS is now offering technical and financial assistance for conservation practices related to organic production through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) organic initiative. The assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through the EQIP program helps producers plan and implement conservation practices to allow their organic operations to be environmentally sustainable.

FY 2013 Organic Practice Payment Rates:

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          Standard Practice Payment Rates and Historically Underserved Payment Rates (PDF, 356 KB)

National Water Quality Initiative - NRCS is offering technical and financial assistance to farmers and forest landowners interested in improving water quality and aquatic habitats in priority watersheds with impaired streams. In Rhode Island, the three impaired watersheds include the Sakonnet River, Tomaquag Brook-Pawcatuck River, and Upper East Passage.

New England - New York Forestry Initiative - The goal of the New England / New York forestry initiative is to expand stewardship opportunities for private forest lands (lands with existing tree cover or that is suitable for growing trees) through forest land planning. Conservation practices that improve wildlife habitat, forest health and productivity, and water quality are offered through this initiative.

FY 2013 New England New York Forestry Practice Payment Rates:

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Standard Practice Payment Rates and Historically Underserved Payment Rates (PDF, 320 KB)

Rhode Island Air Quality Ozone Initiative - This initiative will provide funding for conservation practices that have an impact on reducing ozone that is created as a result of agricultural activities.

Programs

Environmental Quality Incentives Program

FY 2013 Practice Payment Rates

FY 2013 Rhode Island Prescreening Tools