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United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Environmental Quality
Incentives Program
(EQIP)
John Hester
USDA-NRCS
Environmental Quality
Incentives Program (EQIP)
EQIP is a voluntary conservation program
that promotes agricultural production and
environmental quality as compatible
Nation goals. Through EQIP, farmers and
ranchers may receive financial and
technical help to install or implement
structural and management conservation
practices on eligible agricultural land.
Primary Changes
• New maximum payment limitation:
$450,000 per individual or entity for all
contracts signed in fiscal years 20022007
• Targets 60% of annual funds to
practices relating to livestock production
Primary Changes
• Minimum contract length has been
reduced to 1 year
• Payments can be made in the first year
of the contract
• Allows higher cost-share rates for
limited resource and beginning
producers (up to 90%)
Application are Competitive
In the past, the applications which have
addressed a wider variety of resources
concerns have ranked higher.
Producer A
Land
Regrading
Producer B
Producer C
Land Regrading
Land Regrading Cover Crop
Surge Valve
Surge Valve
Filter Strip
Pest Mgt
Nutrient Mgt
Pest Mgt
Nutrient Mgt
Winter Flooding
Winter Flooding
Missouri 2004 EQIP
• Policies have not been finalized
• Scoring Worksheets, Practices, and
Cost Share/Incentives are anticipated
to have only minor changes
• Competitive regions will probably
change
• Check with your local NRCS office
Irrigation Practices Available
Surface Irrigation
Irrigation Land Leveling-Regrade
Up to $65 per acre
Surge Valves
50% Cost Share
Underground Pipeline
65% Cost Share
Irrigation Practices Available
Surface Irrigation
Permanent Outside Levee
Up to 50% of County Avg. Cost
Tailwater Recovery
Up to 50% County Avg. Cost
Conversion to Center Pivot
Up to 40% County Avg. cost
Conservation to Drip Irrigation
Up to 50% County Avg. Cost
Irrigation Practices Available
Sprinkler Irrigation
Re-Nozzling
50% cost share
Re-Nozzling with Drops
50% cost share
Re-Nozzle with Drops and Pressure Regulators
50% cost share
Conversion to Drip Irrigation
50% cost share
United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
For More Information, visit:
• Your local USDA Service Center
• http://www.mo.nrcs.usda.gov
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