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Article 6 Land management

United Kingdom

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1.

48 % or more of the acreage available for manure application on the cattle holding shall be cultivated with grass.

2.

Farmers benefiting from an individual derogation shall carry out the following measures:

(a)

Temporary grassland shall be ploughed in spring.

(b)

Grassland shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen. This will however not apply to leguminous in grassland with less than 50 % leguminous.