Schedule 2 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS-I (UNIMPROVED GRASSLAND AND ROUGH GRAZING)
As regards any unimproved grassland and rough grazing which is the subject of an agreement—
the farmer shall maintain grassland and shall not plough, level, re-seed or otherwise cultivate;
the farmer shall not use a chain harrow or roller at any time of the year on rough grazing land and on other land shall not use a chain harrow or roller between 31st March and 16th July in any year;
the farmer shall cut meadowland, but not before 16th July in any year, and shall remove the crop and graze the aftermath with livestock;
the farmer shall not mow or top rough grazing land;
the farmer shall exclude stock from meadowland at least seven weeks before the first cut for hay or silage and by 27th May in any year at the latest;
the farmer shall identify hay meadow and manage it as such for the length of the agreement;
the farmer shall graze with livestock but not so as to cause poaching, overgrazing or undergrazing;
the farmer shall not apply inorganic fertiliser or slurry;
the farmer shall not increase existing application rates of farmyard manure and in any event shall not apply more than 12.5 tonnes per hectare in any three year period.He shall not make applications between 1st April and 31st May in any year;
the farmer shall not apply herbicides except to control spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broadleaved dock, ragwort, nettles or bracken, or for stump treatment of cleared scrub.Herbicides used for these purposes shall be applied by wick applicator or by spot treatment.In the case of bracken, control shall be by means of asulam where it cannot be controlled by mechanical means;
the farmer shall carry out any necessary bracken control in accordance with a programme agreed in writing in advance with the Minister;
The farmer shall not apply fungicides or insecticides;
The farmer shall not apply lime, slag or any other substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil;
The farmer shall not erect any permanent or temporary fences without the Minister’s prior written consent;
The farmer shall not cut or top areas of rushes.