Schedule 3 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO WET GRASSLAND
As regards any wet grassland which is the subject of an agreement —
The farmer shall maintain wet grassland and shall not plough, level, re-seed or over-seed. The farmer shall not cultivate between 31st March and 1st July in any year. Outside this period, he shall cultivate only by chain harrow or roller.
The farmer shall graze with livestock, excluding pigs and poultry, but in any event not so as to cause poaching, undergrazing or overgrazing.
The farmer shall not cut grass for hay or silage before 1st July in any year.
The farmer shall not increase existing application rates of inorganic nitrogen and shall not in any event apply more than 45 kilogrammes of nitrogen per hectare per year. The farmer shall not apply phosphate or potash.
The farmer shall not apply sewage sludge, slurry or pig or poultry manure.
The farmer shall not apply pesticides.
The farmer shall not apply herbicides except to control nettles, spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broadleaved dock or ragwort. The farmer shall control infestations of such weeds by means of cutting or the use of herbicides. Herbicides used for any of the above-mentioned purposes shall be applied by weed wiper or spot treatment.
The farmer shall not apply lime, slag or any substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil.
The farmer shall not use a sub-soiler. The farmer shall not install under-drainage or mole drainage and shall not improve nor substantially modify any existing drainage system.
The farmer shall restrict any supplementary feeding of livestock (including the use of mineral licks) to areas agreed in advance with the Minister.