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| Vermont 2010 EQIP InformationGeneral Program DescriptionEQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants install or implement structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land. All approved EQIP contracts will have a minimum term that ends one year after the implementation of the last scheduled practice and a maximum term of ten years. Contracts will provide set payments to implement eligible conservation practices, based on a per unit cost of installing a practice in a typical scenario. Persons who are engaged in livestock or agricultural production on eligible land may participate in the EQIP program. Contracted EQIP activities are carried out according to an environmental quality incentives program plan of operations which is developed with the producer. The EQIP Plan of Operations identifies the appropriate conservation practice or practices to address resource concerns. The contracted practices must be implemented according to NRCS technical standards adapted for local conditions. EQIP payment rates may cover up to 75 percent of the costs of installing certain conservation practices in a typical setting. However, limited resource producers, beginning farmers and ranchers, and socially disadvantaged farmers may be eligible for up to 90 percent. Payments for specified management practices may be provided for up to three years to encourage producers to carry out those practices which they may not otherwise implement. An individual or entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments that, in the aggregate, exceed $300,000 for all EQIP contracts entered during the term of the Farm Bill. EQIP participants may elect to use certified Technical Service Providers for technical assistance. EQIP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. Vermont Specific EQIP InformationEQIP program sign-ups are conducted at USDA Service Centers in Vermont. NEW INFORMATION: HIGH TUNNELS
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NEW INFORMATION: 2010 ORGANIC INITIATIVE - DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MARCH 12, 2010
There is over $300,000 available in Vermont to certified organic producers and
producers who have applied to become organic. This initiative is available
through EQIP. Interested producers are encouraged to apply to their local field
office by March 12, 2010 to be considered for 2010 funding. Applications
received after this date will be considered for the next round of funding in
2011.
New Brochure: EQIP New Incentives for Grassland Bird Conservation
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Photo by USF&WS 2010 EQIP Sign Up and Conservation Planning Documents
The deadline to sign up for the second round of 2010 EQIP funding considerations is February 12, 2010.
EQIP Eligibility Handout, PDF 36 KB Forms Needed to Signup: 2009 EQIP Ranking Criteria and Payment RatesThe following documents require Acrobat
Reader. Links to Other Useful Information
Electronic application filing is available through the Electronic Government website. For additional local information or to apply, contact your Local NRCS Office. VT NRCS Office Locations and Contact Information EQIP Information from the National NRCS Website ContactVicky Drew |
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