1. Select your state from the pull down menu.
2. Select your county from the second pull down menu and Click “Go”.
3. Select a Resource Concern.
4. Select an associated Resource Concern Description.
5. Select a criteria from the third pull down menu and click “Add Criteria to Score” Button.

   Repeat steps 3-5 until all appropriate Resource Concerns, Descriptions and Criteria have been added.

   At this point a Preliminary Score has been calculated based on points assigned to Criteria and the associated weighting of the Resource Concerns in the selected county.

6. Clicking the “Select Practice” link will bring up a pull down menu of practices that address the Resource Concern in the row of that link.

    7.   Select a practice from the pull down window and click “Add Practice”.   Repeat step 6a. until all desired practices have been added to address the associated Resource Concern.

Repeat steps 6 and 7 until all Resource Concerns have been addressed.

8. From the “Select Bonus” pull down menu select a Bonus Category.
9. From the “Select Bonus Points” pull down menu, select a Bonus Criteria and click the “Add Bonus” button.

   Repeat steps 8 and 9 until all Bonus Points that a producer is willing to meet the criteria for have been entered.

10. Click on the “Score Report” Link to view a printable score sheet that makes all Resource Concerns and associated practices visible.

    Please note - This example will generate an estimate of your possible score.  Contact your local NRCS office to verify your actual EQIP ranking score and related practice information.