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Boone 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 Boone County Resource Concerns to be addressed by EQIP:

 

 Air Quality   Soil Erosion

A1

 Chemical Drift

E1

 Classic gully

A2

 Objectionable Odors

E2

 Ephemeral gully

 

  

E3

 Streambank

 

  

E4

 Wind

 

  

E6

 Sheet and rill

 

 Domestic Animals

 

  

D1

 Inadequate stock water    

D2

 Inadequate quantities and quality of feed and forage    

D3

 Inadequate shelter

 

 Water Quality

 

  

W1

 Excessive nutrients and organics in groundwater

 

 Fish and Wildlife

W2

 Excessive nutrients and organics in surface water

F1

 Inadequate food

W4

 Harmful levels of pathogens in groundwater

F2

 Inadequate cover/shelter

W5

 Harmful levels of pathogens in surface water

 

  

W6

 Harmful levels of pesticides in groundwater

 

 Plant Condition

W7

 Harmful levels of pesticides in surface water

P1

 Plants not adapted or suited    

P2

 Productivity, health and vigor   Water Quantity

 

  

Q1

 Excessive runoff, flooding and ponding

 

 Soil Condition

Q2

 Excessive subsurface water

S1

 Compaction

Q3

 Inadequate outlets

S2

 Contaminants - Residual pesticides

Q4

 Inefficient water use on non-irrigated land

S3

 Contaminants - Salts and other chemicals

Q5

 Insufficient flows in water courses

S4

 Damage from sediment deposition

 

  

S5

 Contaminants - Commercial fertilizer - N

 

  

S6

 Contaminants - Commercial fertilizer - P    

S7

 Contaminants - Animal waste and other organics - N    

S8

 Contaminants - Animal waste and other organics - P    

These resource concerns address the following National EQIP priorities:

  1. Reduction of non-point source pollution, such as nutrients, sediment, pesticides, or excess salinity in impaired watersheds consistent with Total Daily Maximum Loads (TMDL's), where available, as well as the reduction of groundwater contamination or point source such as contamination from confined animal feeding operations.
  2. The conservation of a considerable amount of ground or surface water resources.
  3. Reduction in soil erosion and sedimentation from unacceptable levels on agricultural land. 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 Boone County USDA Service Center located at 1602 Snedden Drive, Boone, IA 50036. Phone (515) 432-2316.  FAX (515) 432-6864..

The following files require Acrobat Reader.

EQIP Practice List - 2009
EQIP Application Ranking - 2009   
EQIP Nutrient Management Intensity Options - 2009
EQIP Pest Management Intensity Options - 2009

EQIP Practice List - 2008    For Archival Purposes Only
EQIP Application Ranking - 2008    For Archival Purposes Only
 EQIP Nutrient Management Intensity Options - 2008    For Archival Purposes Only

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

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