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Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County resource concerns to be addressed by EQIP:

  1. Water Quality – Excess Nutrients and Organics in Surface Water and Groundwater
  2. Soil Erosion – Sheet & Rill, Ephemeral Gully and Classic Gully
  3. Wildlife – Inadequate Cover/Shelter, Inadequate Food, T & E Species
  4. Air Quality – Objectionable odors, Undesirable Air Movement
  5. Plant Condition – Productivity, Health, and Vigor; Forage Quality and Palatability.

These resource concerns address the following National EQIP priorities:  

  1. Reduction of non-point pollution
  2. Reduction of emissions
  3. Reduction in soil erosion and sedimentation
  4. Promotion at-risk species habitat conservation.

The goal of the locally led group was to recommend a ranking system that rewarded and gave priority to those producers that address the above resource concerns. 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. Application ranking 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 NRCS may establish local, minimum ranking cut-off levels for funding selection.

The local work group also recommended a list of conservation practices that are the most cost-effective, longest duration and address these priority resource concerns in the district.

For more information on EQIP and other NRCS administrated programs contact the Chickasaw County USDA Service Center located at, 420 W Milwaukee Street, New Hampton, IA. Phone (641) 394-2513. Fax (641) 394-3906.

The following files require Acrobat Reader.

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

EQIP Practice List - 2008    For Archival Purposes Only
EQIP Application Ranking - 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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