Allamakee County EQIP

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality. This program is available to farmers and offers financial and technical assistance to install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land. 

The following are Allamakee County Resource Concerns to be addressed by EQIP:

• Water Quality – Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Surface Water
• Water Quality – Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Ground Water
• Plant Condition – Forage Quality and Palatability
• Plant Condition – Productivity, Health and Vigor
• Soil Erosion – Sheet, Rill and concentrated flow
• Wildlife - inadequate cover, Inadequate food and T & E species
• Domestic Animals – Inadequate Forage, Water
• Soil Condition – Animal Waste Contamination

These resource concerns address the following National EQIP priorities:

Reduction of non-point source pollution such as nutrients, sediment, pesticides or excess salinity in impaired watershed consistent with Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), where available, as well as the reduction of groundwater contamination and the conservation of ground and surface water resources.

Reduction of soil erosion and sedimentation from unacceptable high levels on agricultural land.

The goal of the locally led group was to recommend a ranking system that rewarded and gave priority to those producers that help most to address the above resource concerns that reduce soil erosion on cropland and improve water quality through livestock manure storage systems. The ranking will be completed for the specific practices to be applied through the EQIP contract. Sign-up is continuous at the NRCS field office. The ranking of the applications will be done periodically as funding allocations become available, will be announced through the NRCS State Office, and will be publicized by all levels of NRCS.

The local work group also recommended a list of conservation practices to be addressed, and the cost-share rates and/or incentive payments that are the most cost-effective, longest duration, and help most to address these priority resource concerns in the District.

For more information on EQIP and other NRCS administrated programs, contact the Allamakee County USDA Service Center located at 635 9th Street Northwest, Waukon, IA  52172. Phone (563) 568-2246. Fax (563) 568-3322.

The following files require Acrobat Reader.

EQIP Practice List - 2008    New!
EQIP Application Ranking - 2008    New!

EQIP Practice List - 2007    For Archival Purposes Only
EQIP Application Ranking - 2007    For Archival Purposes Only

EQIP Practice List - 2006    For Archival Purposes Only
EQIP Application Ranking - 2006    For Archival Purposes Only

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