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Getting started with EQIP in Michigan
Getting started -- contact your local NRCS
The NRCS staff located at local USDA Service Centers will be one of your best assets for success with EQIP. Visit this website, http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app, to get phone numbers, the address and driving directions to the Service Center in your area with an NRCS office.

A quick" how-to-apply" guide for Michigan growers
We have a two-page guide that summaries the process in Michigan for applying to EQIP. The guide is available on the Internet for viewing and printing as a pdf file (requires use of the free software Adobe Reader).

View the "how-to" guide for Michigan (pdf file). (View guides adapted for nursery growers or small fruit growers)
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Update on the current EQIP program

IPM techniques to consider
Fruit production (pdf)
bullet Vegetable production (pdf)
bullet Nursery production (pdf)

For Integrated Pest Management (IPM) advice
Your county Michigan State University Extension office has resources about IPM practices. The MSU IPM Program brings together county Extension staff with MSU campus specialists to produce the in-season newsletters, Crop Advisory Team (CAT) Alerts.There are f ive editions of the newsletters offering IPM advice and updates: fruit, vegetable, field crops, landscape, and greenhouse. For more IPM information, visit the about IPM section of this website. Visit enviroweather.msu.edu for weather data and models to assist with IPM in Michigan.

Learn from growers' recent experiences with EQIP
Read about Michigan growers' successes with EQIP and IPM.
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