Paragraph 2
As regards any unimproved permanent grassland which is the subject of an agreement–
the farmer shall not use a chain harrow or roller between 31st March and 1st July in any year;
the farmer shall not exceed a stocking level of 0.75 livestock units per hectare between 31st March and 1st June in any year;
the farmer shall not top or cut the grass for hay or silage before 1st July in any year and, when cutting for silage, shall wilt and turn the grass before removal;
the farmer shall not apply inorganic or organic fertiliser except farmyard manure produced on his own farm. He shall not apply slurry, pig or poultry manure. He shall not increase existing application rates of farmyard manure and in any event shall not apply more than 12.5 tonnes per hectare per year. He shall not make applications of manure between 1st April and 31st May in any year and outside this period shall apply it only in a single dressing;
the farmer shall not apply fungicides or insecticides;
the farmer shall not apply herbicides except to control nettles, spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broadleaved dock or ragwort, or for stump treatment of cleared scrub. Herbicides used for these purposes shall be applied by wick applicator or spot treatment;
the farmer shall not apply lime, slag or any other substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil.