# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Suffolk River Valleys) Designation Order 1987, Paragraph 1


As regards any grassland which is the subject of an agreement—
(1) The farmer shall maintain grassland and shall not plough, level or re-seed. The farmer shall not cultivate except by chain harrow or roller.
(2) The farmer shall graze with livestock, excluding pigs or poultry, but not so as to cause poaching, undergrazing or overgrazing.
(3) Where the farmer cuts grass for hay or silage he shall graze the aftermath with livestock.
(4) The farmer shall not increase existing application rates of inorganic fertiliser.
(5) 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 cutting or the use of herbicides. Herbicides used for any of the above-mentioned purposes shall be applied by weed wiper or spot treatment.
(6) The farmer shall not apply pesticides.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2033/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-suffolk-river-valleys-designation-order-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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