Jackson 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 Jackson County Resource Concerns to be addresses by EQIP:

1. Soil Erosion – Sheet and Rill; Ephemeral Gully, Classic Gully, Streambank.
2. Soil Condition – Contaminants - Animal Waste & Other Organics (N, P, K)
3. Water Quality – Excessive Nutrients & Organics in Surface Water; Excessive Suspended Sediment & Turbidity in Surface Waters; Excessive Nutrients & Organics in Groundwater
4. Plant Condition – Productivity, Health & Vigor; Forage Quality & Palatability
5. Domestic Animals – Inadequate Quantities and Quality of Feed and Forage; Inadequate Stock Water
6. Fish and Wildlife – Inadequate Food; Inadequate Cover/Shelter; T&E Species

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 and the conservation of ground and surface water resources.
2. Reduction in soil erosion and sedimentation from unacceptable high levels on agricultural land.

The goal of the locally led group is to recommend priority watersheds and to ensure that producers within that impaired watershed are given the opportunity to treat the identified problem within that watershed. Priority areas were selected based upon an in-depth watershed analysis. The special priority watersheds are Tete Des Morts and Prairie Creek. 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 Jackson County USDA Service Center located at 603 ½ East Platt Street in Maquoketa, Phone: 563-652-2337 ext. 3 and Fax: 563-652-4889

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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