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EQIP Program in Terry County
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
offers cost share assistance to agricultural producers to implement
on-farm conservation practices. The Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) determines eligible producers for the EQIP program and
determines eligible land. Eligible producers may apply for cost share
assistance on conservation practices that will address the identified
resource concern identified by the Local Work Group (LWG).
Terry
County Office Information
Interested agricultural producers may apply in person at the
Terry County USDA Service Center. Applicants may also request
EQIP
assistance by telephone, Fax, e-mail, or letter.
State Resource Concerns Priority Areas that include part of
Terry County:
Objective:
The objective of the Terry County EQIP Local Work Group is to improve the
natural resources and the environment throughout the county, with major emphasis
on improving water quantity and water quality and reducing erosion by water,
through the use of practices that accomplish the following: improve irrigation
efficiencies; reduce the presence of invasive plant species that impact both
water quantity and impact water quality; and reduce the effects of water
erosion.
County EQIP Resource Concern:
The Terry County Local Work Group has identified Water Quantity, Water
Erosion, and Water Quality as the three major concerns for 2007.
Eligible Practices and Cost Share Rates:
Cost Share Rates for GSWC and Base
Limited Resource Producers - 90 percent
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers - 75 percent
Others - 50 percent
Cost Shared Practices
Practices will be cost shared based on the established costs in the 2007 Terry
County EQIP Cost Share List. The amount of cost share earned will be the number
of units certified after completion, multiplied by the average cost, multiplied
by the cost share percentage.
Incentive payments of 10.00 per acre will be offered in Terry County for
irrigation water management under the Base Allocation.
Cost sharing will be allowed for the following practices as identified in the
Field Office Technical Guide.
Ground and Surface Water Conservation. For cost share consideration, these
practices must be needed to significantly impact Water Quantity according to
NRCS specifications and guidelines.
Center Pivot Sprinkler Upgrades. Conservation Practice Code 442. Upgrade
existing center pivots with more efficient nozzle packages = High Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of
surface irrigation to micro or drip irrigation on 30, 40, 60, 80, or 120 inch
spacing, 20 acres or less = Medium Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of
existing side roll or water drive to Micro or drip irrigation, 20 acres or less
= Medium Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of solid
set, hand move, or big gun sprinkler to Micro or drip irrigation, 20 acres or
less = Medium Priority
Conversion of irrigated cropland to dryland acreage. Water Conservation
(Irrigation Water Management) Practice Code 449. Converting irrigated acreage to
dryland for an annual incentive payment for a maximum of three years = Low
Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of 20
year old or older center pivot sprinkler to micro or drip irrigation on 30, 40,
60, 80, or 120 inch spacing = Low
Priority
All Other Irrigation Practices in the Field Office Technical Guide = Low
Priority
Applicants History - Producers who previously had an approved contract and
requested that the contract be cancelled without applying any practices or the
contract was terminated for cause will be ranked as Low Priority
Base Conservation. For cost share consideration, the practices must be needed to
significantly impact Plant Health, Water Erosion Reduction, or Water Quality
according to NRCS specifications and guidelines.
Brush Management. Conservation Practice 314. Brush Management-chemical- Limit
cost share to a maximum of 1000 acres per tract = High Priority. Brush
Management-mechanical- Limit cost share to a maximum of 160 acres per tract =
High Priority
Fencing. Conservation Practice 382. Cross fencing to help facilitate
management of different landuses and facilitate the handling, feeding, watering,
and movement of livestock = High Priority
Flowmeters and Chemigation Valves. Irrigation Water Management - Incentive.
Conservation Practice 449. Install chemigation valves, that meet Texas
Administrative Code 76.1007, at irrigation wells or irrigation systems = High
Priority
Livestock Well. Conservation Practice 642. To help facilitate proper use of
vegetation on rangeland, pastures, and wildlife areas = Medium Priority
Livestock Pipeline. Conservation Practice 516. To convey water from source of
supply to points of use for livestock or wildlife and help facilitate proper use
of vegetation on rangeland, pastures, and wildlife areas = Medium Priority
Watering Facility . Conservation Practice 614. To provide watering facilities
for livestock and/or wildlife in order to: enhance vegetative cover through
proper distribution of grazing; provide erosion control through better grassland
management; protect streams, ponds, and water supplies from contamination by
providing alternative water access to water = Medium Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of
surface irrigation to micro or drip irrigation on 30, 40, 60, 80, or 120 inch
spacing, 21 - 80 acres or less = Medium Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of
existing side roll or water drive to Micro or drip irrigation, 21 - 80 acres or
less = Medium Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of solid
set, hand move, or big gun sprinkler to Micro or drip irrigation, 21 - 80 acres
or less = Medium Priority
Terraces. Conservation Practices 362 and 600. Construction of a new system of
terraces or replacement of an existing system of terraces, that is beyond the
service life of the practice, with a different system of terraces, i.e. a system
of parallel terraces replaced with a system of basin terraces = Low Priority
Waterways. Conservation Practice 412. Construction of new waterways = Low
Priority
Pasture/Hayland Planting. Conservation Practice 412. Establish native or
introduced forage species = Low Priority
Range Seeding. Conservation Practice 550. Establish adapted plants by seeding
on native grazing land = Low Priority
Irrigation Water Management Incentive. Conservation Practice 449. Manage the
rate, amount, and scheduling of irrigation water for an annual incentive payment
for a maximum of three years = Low Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of
surface irrigation to micro or drip irrigation on 30, 40, 60, 80, or 120 inch
spacing, 20 acres or less = Low Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of
existing side roll or water drive to Micro or drip irrigation, 20 acres or less
= Low Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of solid
set, hand move, or big gun sprinkler to Micro or drip irrigation, 20 acres or
less = Low Priority
Micro or Drip Irrigation. Conservation Practice Code 441. Conversion of 20
year old or older center pivot sprinkler to micro or drip irrigation on 30, 40,
60, 80, or 120 inch spacing = Low
Priority
All other practices in the Field Office Technical Guide = Low Priority
Applicants History - Producers who previously had an approved contract and
requested that the contract be cancelled without applying any practices or the
contract was terminated for cause will be ranked as = Low Priority
Ranking Criteria:
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