Texas 2007 EQIP Sign-Up and Application Information

EQIP Sign-up by County

For 2007, EQIP cost-sharing and incentive assistance will be offered on a county-by-county basis to address locally identified resource concerns and state concerns identified by the Texas State Technical Committee. Each county has an approved list of conservation practices, cost share amounts and screening and ranking it uses in selecting applications for funding. State resource concerns, where applicable, are identified in each county. Use the box below to select your county to find the practices and concerns that are available.

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General Program Description

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. It supports production agriculture and environmental quality as compatible goals. Through EQIP, farmers may receive financial and technical help with structural and management conservation practices on agricultural land. EQIP was reauthorized in the 2002 Farm Bill and is administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). It provides cost share and/or incentive payments to farmers and ranchers for applying conservation practices on their land. The program is designed to address both locally identified resource concerns and state priorities. Interested landowners or operators in Texas can sign up for the program at their local USDA Service Center.

EQIP may pay 50 percent or more of the costs of eligible conservation practices. Incentive payments may be made to encourage a farmer to adopt land management practices, such as nutrient management, manure management, integrated pest management, prescribed grazing management and wildlife habitat management.