# The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 2: Wind erosion


In relation to an area of land prone to wind erosion of the soil, a farmer must reduce the risk of soil loss during the spring by planting and maintaining on or in relation to that field, until a crop is established in that area,–
(a) crop cover by another crop;
(b) coarse seedbeds;
(c) shelter belts; or
(d) nurse crops to protect other crops grown on the land,
or taking other measures with equivalent effect to the establishment of one of those features.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/518/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule/paragraph-2
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