SCHEDULE 1 ADDITIONAL STANDARDS OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION THAT APPLY IN RELATION TO LAND SET ASIDE FROM PRODUCTION

PART B General standards applying to all land set aside from production

Exemptions from the prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the land set aside from production

11.—(1) A farmer may make preparations for sowing on or after 15 July.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a farmer may sow any seed on or after 15 July where the seed sown is sown in order to produce a crop for harvesting in the following year.

(3) Where a farmer sows a grass ley on land set-aside from production pursuant to the exemption in sub-paragraph (2), he or she must not graze any animals on that land during the remainder of the current year.