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Schedule 3 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO WHICH PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN SCHEDULE 6, PART II, ITEM 2 RELATE

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As regards any land which is subject to the agreement, requirements to the effect that—

(a)

the farmer shall plough and cultivate the land and sow a spring cereal crop on it on or after 15th March in any given year;

(b)

the farmer shall not apply insecticides to the land, and shall only apply fungicides, herbicides and growth regulators to it with the prior written agreement of the Minister;

(c)

the farmer shall harvest the crop, and remove the straw, but shall leave the stubble until the following 15th March; and

(d)

the farmer shall not apply to the land any pesticides or fertiliser between the crop harvest and the following 15th March.