EQIP Sign-up Continues through March
Sign-up
for the current Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) will end March
30. Applications received after this date will not be considered during this
period.
Practices include (but are not limited
to) brush control, livestock water facilities, terracing, waterways and
irrigation management practices such as drip irrigation and underground pipes.
These are not the only practices available, so if you have a specific
conservation need, contact your Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
office.
Some specifics of the EQIP program are:
individuals must be engaged in a livestock operation or crop production;
conservation plans must address conservation needs for a minimum of 5 years;
USDA will cost-share up to 75 percent of the cost of eligible practices;
participants must agree to begin at least one cost-shared practice within 12
months; all practices must be installed to NRCS specifications and cost shares
are limited to a maximum of $50,000 per “person.”
If you want to file an application,
call for an appointment at the local Farm Service Agency, 354-2391, or the
Sterling City NRCS office, 1/800-962-9369.