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EQIP Ranking Dates |
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| Statewide-Animal Waste Storage | Nov. 16, 2007 |
| County-All other practices | Nov. 16, 2007 |
| County CNMP | Nov. 16, 2007 |
| WTCAC 2nd Period | Dec. 14, 2007 |
EQIP offers contracts for
practice implementation from
1-10 years. These contracts
provide payments for
implementing conservation
practices.
Conservation Practices &
Ranking Criteria by
County for 2008.
Each county in
Wisconsin may have different
signup dates and eligible practices.
Sign-up dates will be
set locally, although
all ranking periods must
end no later than Nov.
16, 2007. Local
work groups select which
practices will be eligible
in their county from a
comprehensive list of
practices approved for
Wisconsin.
Applications for the waste storage and alternative waste treatment practices are considered on a statewide basis. Applications must be received by Nov. 16, 2007 to be considered for funding in 2008. Applications may include NRCS Practice Standard 632-Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility, and Practice Standard 629-Waste Treatment and Practice Standard 313 - Waste Storage Facility. Please note: Documentation for 632 and 629 must be received by the NRCS State Engineer for review no later than October 19, 2007 to be eligible in 2008.
Details about the Waste Storage Sign-up.
Between 25 to 33 percent of Wisconsin's EQIP funds are set aside for the Waste Storage/Waste Treatment signup.
Quick Access
Past Sign-ups
Results
from the 2003 Sign-up |
The CNMP (sign-up is part of the local county signups, Sept. 4 - Nov. 16, 2007 at all NRCS field offices. Funds are for development of CNMPs for animal feeding operations.
Any farmer engaged in
livestock or crop production on
eligible land may apply for EQIP.
Eligible land includes cropland;
rangeland; pasture; private
non-industrial forestland; and
other farm or ranch lands, as
determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Signup and details about eligible practices and costshare rates will be announced each year. NRCS will evaluate each application, with higher priorities given to applications that use cost-effective conservation practices, address local priorities, and provide the most environmental benefit.
Farmers will develop a
conservation plan, if they don’t
already have one, for the
acreage affected by the EQIP
practices. Conservation
practices must meet NRCS
technical standards. Farmers may
elect to use an approved
third-party provider for
technical assistance, if
available.
EQIP is a competitive program. Since program inception in 1997, demand for EQIP financial assistance has exceeded the funds available. In recent years, NRCS in Wisconsin has been able to fund about 60 percent of the applicants. We estimate approximately two of every five applicants in the statewide signups will be successful in securing an EQIP contract this year. Since the signups for most practices are handled on a county basis, individual county results may vary from this statewide average.
Final results for this year's sign up will depend on the number of farmers who apply and the level of funding actually received.
Those applicants who are interested in waste storage should be aware that historically only one in six applications have been successful in Wisconsin.
Input from Outside Groups, Agencies, and Citizens: The list of eligible practices in Wisconsin, cost share rates and limits, eligible resource concerns, and scoring criteria for waste storage were developed based on input and recommendations from the Wisconsin State Technical Committee (WSTC). The WSTC is made up of representatives from various agribusinesses, producer groups, conservation organizations, and federal, state, and tribal government agency representatives.
The list of eligible practices for the county wide signups, county scoring criteria, and eligible resource concerns were based on input from the Local Work Groups (LWG). The LWG is made up of county agency staff. Landowners may provide advice and information to the LWG as part of the locally led process.
The priorities set at the state and county level are those that the WSTC and LWG respectively determined were of the greatest need and would have the greatest positive environmental impact. The scoring process at both the state and local level was developed in order to select those projects that would provide the greatest environmental benefit, and therefore provide the greatest public good.
See EQIP Program Policies, Manual, Wisconsin Notices and Amendments for more information on EQIP rules.
If you need more information about EQIP, please contact NRCS at your local USDA Service Center, or your local land conservation department.
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