Environmental Quality Incentives Program Support for Organic Producers

The 2008 Farm Bill highlights the availability of financial and technical assistance to help producers of all commodities meet their conservation goals, including producers transitioning to organic farming and currently certified organic producers. The assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through the EQIP program helps producers plan and implement conservation practices to achieve increased conservation benefits on their operations. EQIP is primarily used to provide financial and technical assistance to implement conservation practices to address soil, water, air, plant, animal, and energy resources.

A new organic provision targets organic producers and producers transitioning to organic production:
*   Assistance is for conservation practices related to organic production
*   Assistance is limited to $20,000 per year and $80,000 during a six year period
*   Producers are required to develop and carry out an Organic System Plan (OSP) or carry out practices consistent with an OSP  

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Payment Schedule for Organic Initiative - Florida FY2012 (PDF 81 kb)

Practice List -Florida

PRACTICE    PRACTICE NAME
CODE         

472      Access Control

575      Animal Trails and Walkways

314      Brush Management

317      Composting Facility

328      Conservation Crop Rotation

340      Cover Crop

342      Critical Area Planting

362      Diversion

382      Fence

386      Field Border

393      Filter Strip

511      Forage Harvest Management

512      Forage and Biomass Planting

412      Grassed Waterway

561      Heavy Use Area Protection

422      Hedgerow Planting

315      Herbaceous Weed Control

603      Herbaceous Wind Barriers

595      Integrated Pest Management

484      Mulching

590      Nutrient Management

516      Pipeline

528      Prescribed Grazing

533      Pumping Plant

550      Range Planting

329      Residue Management - No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed

345      Residue Management - Mulch Till

391      Riparian Forest Buffer

390      Riparian Herbaceous Cover

798      Seasonal High Tunnel System for Crops

578      Stream Crossing

585      Stripcropping

607      Surface Drainage, Field Ditch

600      Terrace

620      Underground Outlet

638      Water & Sediment Control Basin

642      Water Well

614      Watering Facility

380      Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment

138      Supporting Organic Transition Conservation Activity Plan

Organic Initiative National website

Florida EQIP website

The NRCS National EQIP Website has more information.

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