PART 5Measures relating to land management

Crop management18

In having regard to these Regulations, the following principles of crop management shall apply—

a

residues of crops harvested late, such as maize and potatoes, shall be left undisturbed until immediately prior to sowing the following spring; and

b

where grass leys are grown in rotation with arable crops the first crop should be sown as soon as possible after the grass has been ploughed.