South Carolina 2004 State EQIP Sign-Up and Application Information

General Program Description

Environmental Quality Incentives Program Sign-ups Underway  (NEW)

EQIP provides cost sharing to help farmers with manure storage and conservation practices. All sign-ups are conducted at USDA Service Centers in South Carolina.

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, farmers 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).

In South Carolina, EQIP will pay up to 50 percent of the costs of eligible conservation practices although limited resources farmers may be eligible for up to 90 percent cost share. 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, such payments will be made at a flat rate.

2004 EQIP General Program Description Documents

• How EQIP in South Carolina Works

2004 EQIP Conservation Practice, Sign-Up, and Ranking Documents

• Countywide EQIP Conservation Practice Sign-Ups
• Statewide FY 2004 EQIP Practice Cost List

Links to Other Useful Documents for the 2004 EQIP Program

• EQIP Sign-Up Forms and National Program information
• South Carolina Conservation Practices (Click on "Section IV", then click on "A. Conservation Practices")

Contacts

Shawnn K. Balstad

Glenn Sandifer
Phone: 803-253-3894
Email: glenn.sandifer@sc.usda.gov