General EQIP Description

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program which offers farmers and ranchers a tool to address their natural resource concerns while achieving the most environmental benefits through locally developed priority areas and natural resource concerns. 

Eligibility for the program is limited to persons who are engaged in livestock or agricultural production.  EQIP provides practice payment incentives to encourage producers to implement structural, vegetative, and management practices.

In 2011, North Dakota agricultural producers communicated their willingness to conserve natural resources on their private working lands. Over 3,500 producers requested technical and financial assistance from NRCS to complete conservation practices on their lands. North Dakota was allocated close to $18 million to assist agricultural producers in achieving their conservation goals. Nearly 1,400 applicants were successful in securing funding.

EQIP applications are available at USDA Service Centers in North Dakota.

2012 EQIP in North Dakota

• How EQIP Works in North Dakota
• North Dakota 2012 Sign-up
   

• Archived EQIP Information 

   

Program Contact

Jennifer C. Heglund
Assistant State Conservationist (Programs)
Phone: 701-530-2095
Email: jennifer.heglund@nd.usda.gov

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Last Modified: 10/17/2011