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Environmental Quality Incentives Program 2008
Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) the
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service provides a voluntary conservation
program for farmers and ranchers to promote agricultural production and
environmental quality as compatible national goals.
EQIP priorities in Arkansas are to reduce erosion; reduce pollution from
animal wastes, nutrients and sediments; improve irrigation and reduce dependence
on ground water for irrigation; forest improvements; improve grazing lands; and
improve wildlife habitat.
Highlights - 2008
- Water quality, animal waste – 229 contracts for $3,494,891
- Water quality, cropland – 20 contracts for $282,027
- Water quality, forests plant health – 259 contracts for $1,897,917
- Water quality, grazing land – 774 contracts for $6,996,928
- Water quantity, irrigation – 402 contracts for $14,109,187
- Water quantity, irrigation (ground and surface water conservation) – 81
contracts for $2,397,531
- Alternative Crop/Small Farm Initiative – 16 contracts for $272,523
- Waste Systems Closure – 1 contract for $34,065
| Conservation Practice |
Contracts |
Amount Installed |
Waste Storage Facility |
20 |
20 facilities |
| Brush Management |
122 |
4,492 acres |
| Animal Mortality Facility |
13 |
15 facilities |
| Composting Facility |
12 |
12 facilities |
| Prescribed Burning |
10 |
472 acres |
| Critical Area Planting |
7 |
125 acres |
| Waste Treatment Lagoon |
10 |
10 lagoons |
| Closure of Waste Impoundment |
1 |
1 closure |
| Pond |
39 |
39 ponds |
| Fence |
110 |
219,952 feet |
| Firebreak |
25 |
134,316 feet |
| Grade Stabilization Structure |
4 |
6 structures |
| Irrigation Water Conveyance |
100 |
163,962 feet |
| Irrigation System, Sprinkler |
3 |
3 sprinklers |
| Irrigation Water Management |
13 |
1,389 acres |
| Irrigation Land Leveling |
36 |
36,784 acres |
| Mulching |
5 |
119 acres |
| Tree/Shrub Site Preparation |
39 |
2,165 acres |
| Pasture and Hay Planting |
88 |
2,122 acres |
| Pipeline |
59 |
58,646 feet |
| Prescribed Grazing |
3 |
533 acres |
| Pumping Plant |
34 |
35 plants |
| Irrigation Regulating Reservoir |
5 |
5 reservoirs |
| Roof Runoff Structure |
1 |
1 structure |
| Heavy Use Area Protection |
40 |
15,658 acres |
| Spring Development |
2 |
2 sites |
| Stream Crossing |
1 |
1 crossings |
| Structure for Water Control |
13 |
30 structures |
| Agricultural Waste Amendments |
24 |
44,552 tons |
| Tree/Shrub Establishment |
23 |
1,074 acres |
| Watering Facility |
68 |
114 facilities |
| Waste Utilization |
5 |
851 acres |
| Water Well |
22 |
22 wells |
| Upland Wildlife Habitat Management |
5 |
11 acres |
| Forest Stand Improvement |
5 |
255 acres |
Arkansas 2008 EQIP Obligations by County
| County |
2008 Contracts Obligated |
2008 Obligation Amount |
Arkansas |
27 |
$1,325,976.99 |
| Ashley |
13 |
$205,910.95 |
| Baxter |
32 |
$302,465.62 |
| Benton |
44 |
$516,894.15 |
| Boone |
22 |
$166,744.55 |
| Bradley |
10 |
$79,682.15 |
| Calhoun |
9 |
$130,920.00 |
| Carroll |
35 |
$535,627.33 |
| Chicot |
6 |
$316,903.00 |
| Clark |
15 |
$110,851.28 |
| Clay |
29 |
$172,651.55 |
| Cleburne |
55 |
$658,749.19 |
| Cleveland |
17 |
$168,682.10 |
| Columbia |
4 |
$45,152.25 |
| Conway |
38 |
$747,806.80 |
| Craighead |
32 |
$542,301.84 |
| Crawford |
3 |
$26,118.00 |
| Crittenden |
5 |
$124,321.00 |
| Cross |
10 |
$336,860.30 |
| Dallas |
6 |
$60,942.00 |
| Desha |
17 |
$466,494.75 |
| Drew |
45 |
$353,618.90 |
| Faulkner |
30 |
$683,659.10 |
| Franklin |
24 |
$204,497.25 |
| Fulton |
62 |
$498,591.45 |
| Garland |
6 |
$44,790.80 |
| Grant |
9 |
$39,229.80 |
| Greene |
30 |
$664,066.76 |
| Hempstead |
31 |
$324,524.80 |
| Hot Springs |
14 |
$64,548.50 |
| Howard |
33 |
$493,820.56 |
| Independence |
42 |
$889,252.75 |
| Izard |
46 |
$379,209.61 |
| Jackson |
28 |
$557,256.92 |
| Jefferson |
70 |
$3,142,807.95 |
| Johnson |
9 |
$77,068.20 |
| Lafayette |
7 |
$22,170.00 |
| Lawrence |
50 |
$674,178.60 |
| Lee |
8 |
$131,614.15 |
| Lincoln |
35 |
$513,066.69 |
| Little River |
16 |
$351,092.77 |
| Logan |
21 |
$216,313.30 |
| Lonoke |
43 |
$2,487,746.22 |
| Madison |
17 |
$177,686.50 |
| Marion |
54 |
$461,300.71 |
| Miller |
5 |
$64,504.00 |
| Mississippi |
8 |
$143,648.17 |
| Monroe |
27 |
$861,613.86 |
| Montgomery |
6 |
$54,049.72 |
| Nevada |
11 |
$69,391.89 |
| Newton |
7 |
$32,810.22 |
| Ouachita |
26 |
$108,476.64 |
| Perry |
9 |
$126,824.68 |
| Phillips |
17 |
$391,219.80 |
| Pike |
16 |
$200,094.59 |
| Poinsett |
15 |
$586,417.00 |
| Polk |
36 |
$289,152.26 |
| Pope |
18 |
$235,596.20 |
| Prairie |
45 |
$1,539,278.21 |
| Pulaski |
14 |
$177,664.00 |
| Randolph |
87 |
$1,082,315.77 |
| Saline |
11 |
$92,232.60 |
| Scott |
2 |
$14,020.00 |
| Searcy |
31 |
$305,555.36 |
| Sebastian |
3 |
$18,753.00 |
| Sevier |
33 |
$291,965.30 |
| Sharp |
34 |
$276,908.41 |
| St. Francis |
7 |
$149,628.65 |
Stone |
22 |
$224,943.00 |
| Union |
29 |
$150,790.80 |
| Van Buren |
19 |
$142,342.00 |
| Washington |
24 |
$223,741.21 |
| White |
34 |
$671,592.83 |
| Woodruff |
9 |
$245,505.40 |
| Yell |
18 |
$193,605.94 |
| Totals |
1,782 |
$29,503,809.60 |
Last Modified:
02/05/2009
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