South Carolina 2005 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.

2005 EQIP General Program Description Documents

How EQIP Works in South Carolina

2005 EQIP Conservation Practice Sign-Up and Ranking Documents

EQIP Conservation Practice Sign-Ups

The following documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

EQIP Guidance Document (234 KB)
Statewide FY 2005 EQIP Practice Cost List (83 KB)
Cultural Resources - South Carolina Undertakings (64 KB)

Links to Other Useful Documents for the 2005 EQIP Program

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

EQIP Archives 

FY 2004

• 2004 General Program Information & Links
• How EQIP Works in 2004
• 2004 Countywide EQIP Conservation Practice Sign-Ups
• 2004 Statewide EQIP Practice Cost List

FY 2003

• 2003 General Program Information & Links
• How EQIP Works in 2003
• 2003 Countywide EQIP Conservation Practice Sign-Ups
• 2003 Statewide EQIP Practice Cost List

Contact

Bethel DuRant
Soil Conservationist
Phone: 803-253-3512
Email: bethel.durant@sc.usda.gov

Craig Ellis
Assistant State Conservationist (P)
Phone: (803) 253-3930
Email: craig.ellis@sc.usda.gov