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Guthrie 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 Guthrie County resource concerns to be addressed by EQIP:

Water Quality

  • Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Groundwater
  • Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Surface Water                

Soil Erosion

  • Sheet and Rill Erosion                
  • Ephemeral Gully Erosion
  • Classic Gully Erosion 

Domestic Animals

  • Inadequate Quantities and Quality of Feed and Forage
  • Inadequate Stock Water

These resource concerns address the following National EQIP priorities:  

  1. Conservation of ground and surface water resources 
  2. Reduction of soil erosion and sedimentation

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 local work group has targeted the Long Branch watershed as a priority treatment area.

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 Guthrie County USDA Service Center located at 1000 School St., Guthrie Center, IA  50115. Phone (641) 332-2812. Fax (641) 332-2644.

The following files require Acrobat Reader.

EQIP Practice List - 2009
EQIP Application Ranking - 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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