Minimum land management reflecting site specific conditions to limit erosion (GAEC 5)
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Date published: 1 January, 2015
Date superseded: 22 June, 2018
The aim of these rules is to protect soil against erosion in certain situations.
You must:
1. prevent the erosion of the banks of watercourses, watering points and feeding areas from overgrazing or heavy poaching by livestock
2. put in place appropriate measures to limit soil erosion if agronomic or weather conditions prevent the subsequent crop or a cover from being sown (appropriate measures could include grubbing, sediment traps and sediment fences)
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