Crop management
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18. 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.