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USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)(EQIP)
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)
• Voluntary ProgramVoluntary Program
• Available to land owners/operators at no cost.Available to land owners/operators at no cost.
• Often results in a conservation plan.Often results in a conservation plan.
Conservation Conservation Technical Technical AssistanceAssistance
Conservation Technical Assistance
A Conservation plan includes:
• Producers objectives/goals;• Aerial photograph of your
operation;• Soils map and descriptions;• Resource inventory;• List of your treatment
decisions;• Location and schedule for
applying conservation practices.
EQIP• EQIP:
– Voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers.
• Sign-Up:– Continuous however, NRCS
establishes application “cut off” deadline dates for evaluation and ranking of eligible applications.
• NRCS:– Works with landowners to
develop contracts and implement conservation practices that address environmental natural resource problems and sustain food and fiber.
• Payments:– Made to producers once
practices are completed according to NRCS requirements.
EQIP
EQIP• Rates:
– Up to 75% cost-share for standard contracts and 90% for beginning, limited resource or socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
• Payment limitation:– $300,000 per individual.
• Contract length:– Minimum 1 year after
implementation of last scheduled practice, Maximum 10yrs
WHIP• Sign up:
– Continuous
• Purpose:– Help landowners or
lessees develop and improve wildlife habitat.
– Protect , restore, develop or enhance fish and wildlife habitat.
• Eligible land:– Tribal land, private
agricultural, state and federal lands.
WHIP• Payment Limitation:
– 50,000/person or legal entity/year.
• Rates:– Up to 75% cost-share
for standard contracts. Up to 90% cost-share for historically underserved.
– Applications typically ranked once a year.
Conservation Program Eligibility
• Limited to individuals/entities making less than $1 million/yr average adjusted gross farm income (AGI).
• Unless 66% or more of the income comes from farming, ranching or forestry.
• Secretary of Agriculture can waive AGI limit for projects on environmentally sensitive land.
Alfredo MuñozRangeland Management Specialistalfredo.munoz@tx.usda.gov
Thank you for your time
522 Main Street
Junction, TX 76849
Phone #: (325) 446-2717 x 3
www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov
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