Minnesota 2008 State Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Signup
and Application Information
 EQIP
provides technical assistance, cost share payments, and incentive payments to
assist crop, livestock, and other agricultural producers with environmental and
conservation improvements to their operations. All sign-ups are conducted at
USDA Service Centers in
Minnesota.
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,
landusers 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).
EQIP may pay
up to 75 percent 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, and
wildlife habitat management.
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Guidelines 2008
State
Program Overview (PDF;23 KB)
Minnesota
Application Scoring Worksheet
(PDF;33 KB)
Instructions
for Minnesota Application Scoring Worksheet
(PDF;20 KB)
Minnesota
2008 Eligible Conservation Practice List
Conservation
Practice Payment Document (PDF; 472 KB)
Minnesota 2008 Program Units
Soil and Water
Conservation District (SWCD)
Guidelines
2008 EQIP
For the 2008 year,
EQIP cost-sharing will be offered on a SWCD basis. Each district will
have it's own rules and factors it uses in determining accepted contracts and
cost-sharing for approved conservation practices.
Locate your county or Conservation District in the table below to find the
worksheet that NRCS offices use to evaluate
EQIP
applications.
| Conservation District |
Conservation District Program Description |
| Aitkin |
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| Anoka |
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| Becker |
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| Beltrami |
|
| Benton |
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| Big Stone |
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| Blue Earth |
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| Brown |
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| Carlton |
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| Carver |
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| Cass |
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| Chippewa |
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| Chisago |
|
| Clay |
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| Clearwater |
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| Cook |
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| Cottonwood |
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| Crow Wing |
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| Dakota |
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| Dodge |
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| Douglas |
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| Faribault |
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| Fillmore |
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| Freeborn |
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| Goodhue |
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| Grant |
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| Hennepin |
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| Houston (see Root River) |
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| Hubbard |
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| Isanti |
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| Itasca |
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| Jackson |
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| Kanabec |
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| Kandiyohi |
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| KLR Watershed |
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| Kittson |
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| Koochiching |
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| Lac qui Parle |
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| Lake |
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| Lake of the Woods |
|
| Le Sueur |
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| Lincoln |
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| Lyon |
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| McLeod |
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| Mahnomen |
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| Marshall |
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| Marshall-Beltrami |
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| Martin |
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| Meeker |
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| Mille Lacs |
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| Morrison |
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| Mower |
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| Murray |
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| Nicollet |
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| Nobles |
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| Norman |
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| Olmsted |
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| East Otter Tail |
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| West Otter Tail |
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| Pennington |
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| Pine |
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| Pipestone |
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| East Polk |
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| West Polk |
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| Pope |
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| Ramsey |
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| Red Lake |
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| Redwood |
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| Renville |
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| Rice |
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| Rock |
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| Root River (Houston County) |
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| Roseau |
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| North St Louis |
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| South St Louis |
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| Scott |
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| Sherburne |
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| Sibley |
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| Stearns |
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| Steele |
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| Stevens |
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| Swift |
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| Todd |
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| Traverse |
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| Wabasha |
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| Wadena |
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| Waseca |
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| Washington |
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| Watonwan |
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| Whitewater Watershed |
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| Wilkin |
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| Winona |
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| Wright |
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| Yellow Medicine |
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