Paragraph 11 Exemptions from the prohibition on sowing and preparation for sowing a crop on the land set aside from production

A farmer may make preparations for sowing on or after 15 July.

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.

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.