Franklin 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 Franklin County resource concerns to be addressed by EQIP:

1. Soil Erosion – Sheet and Rill
2. Soil Erosion – Ephemeral Gully
3. Soil Erosion – Classic Gully
4. Water Quality – Excessive Suspended Sediment and Turbidity in Surface Water
5. Water Quality – Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Surface Water
6. Water Quality – Harmful Levels of Pesticides in Surface Water
7. Plant Condition – Productivity, Health, and Vigor
8. Domestic Animals – Inadequate Quantities and Quality of Feed and Forage
9. Domestic Animals – Inadequate Stock Water     

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 (TMDLs), where available, as well as reduction of groundwater contamination and reduction of point sources such as contamination from confined animal feeding operations.
2. 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 address the above resource concerns, providing treatment of existing problems in cropland fields and livestock operations. 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 Franklin County USDA Service Center located at 1019 4th St. SE, Hampton, IA  50441. Phone (641) 456-2157. Fax (641) 456-3762.

The following files require Acrobat Reader. 

EQIP Practice List - 2009
EQIP Application Ranking - 2009
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
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
Nutrient Management Intensity Options - 2007    For Archival Purposes Only

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