For the purpose of this decision, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   ‘grassland farms’ means holdings where 70 % or more of the acreage available for manure application is grass;

2. (b)

   ‘grazing livestock’ means cattle (with the exclusion of veal calves), sheep, goats and horses, donkeys, deer and water buffalo;

3. (c)

   ‘farm land’ means the acreage owned, rented or managed by the farmer under another written individual contract, on which the farmer has a direct management responsibility;

4. (d)

   ‘Grass’ means permanent grassland or temporary grassland which lies less than four years.