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Mills County EQIPThe 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 Mills County Resource Concerns to be addressed by EQIP: Air Quality
Domestic Animals
Fish and Wildlife
Plant Condition
Soil Condition
Soil Erosion
Water Quality
These resource concerns address the following National EQIP priorities:
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. 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 selections. 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. The county allocation will be divided into separate accounts to address the local resource concerns of soil erosion and water quality/plant condition. If there are not enough quality applications to use all of the EQIP funds in one of the above categories, the remaining funds may be transferred to the other category. For more information on EQIP and other NRCS administrated programs contact the Mills County USDA Service Center located at 204 West 5th St., P.O. Box 190, Malvern Iowa 51551. Phone (712) 624-8606, ext 3. Fax (712) 624-8587. The following files require
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