Indiana Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

2008 EQIP Signup and Application Information

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) was reauthorized in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Farm Bill) to provide a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible national goals.  EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land.

EQIP offers contracts with a minimum term that ends one year after the implementation of the last scheduled practices and a maximum term of ten years.  These contracts provide payments to implement conservation practices.  Persons who are engaged in livestock or agricultural production on eligible land may participate in the EQIP program.  EQIP activities are carried out according to an environmental quality incentives program plan of operations developed in conjunction with the producer that identifies the appropriate conservation practice or practices to address the resource concerns.  The practices are subject to NRCS technical standards adapted for local conditions.  The local conservation district approves the plan.

EQIP payments may be provided for up to three years to encourage producers to carry out certain management practices they may not otherwise use.  Limited resource producers and beginning farmers and ranchers are eligible for higher payment rates.  Farmers and ranchers may elect to use a certified technical service provider for technical assistance.  An individual or entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments that, in the aggregate, exceed $450,000 for all EQIP contracts entered during the term of the Farm Bill.

 EQIP Indiana 2008 State Guidelines

EQIP Application Forms (Will leave this site)

Energy Conservation and Soil Quality Improvement Systems Practice Fact Sheet - NEW

NEW - 2008 EQIP Indiana Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ October 18, 2007    FAQ October 30, 2007

NEW - 2008 EQIP TSP Processes

EQIP Participant Step-By-Step and TSP Request Form 

PROTRACTS Practice TA Step-By-Step

For more information on the EQIP program or to make application for assistance through the 2008 EQIP program, contact your local Natural Resources Conservation Service office.

State Contact

Harold Thompson, Assistant State Conservationist - Programs
Phone: (317) 290-3200, extension 320
email: harold.thompson@in.usda.gov

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