Marshall 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 Marshall County Resource Concerns to be addressed by EQIP:

1. Soil Erosion - Sheet, rill, ephemeral, stream bank and classic gully erosion
2. Water Quality – Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Surface Water and Groundwater
3. Plant Condition – Productivity, Health and Vigor; Forage Quality and Palatability         
4. Fish and Wildlife - Inadequate Food; Inadequate Shelter/Cover; Threatened and Endangered Fish and Wildlife Species 
5. Domestic Animals – Inadequate Quantities and Quality of Feed and Forage; Inadequate Stock Water   

These resource concerns address the following National EQIP priorities:

1. Reduction in soil erosion and sedimentation from unacceptability high rates on highly erodible land.         
2. Reductions of nonpoint source pollutants such as nutrients, sediment, or pesticides in impaired watersheds consistent with TMDL’s, where available, as well as conservation of ground and surface water resources.          
3. Promotion of at-risk species habitat recovery.           

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

The local work group also recommended a list of conservation practices to be addressed 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 Marshall County USDA Service Center located at 2608 S. 2nd Street, Marshalltown, Iowa  50158.            Phone  (641) 753-8677.  Fax  (641) 753-7946.

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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