Island Information: Agricultural Crop Rotation Act

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Agricultural Crop Rotation Act

The purpose of the Agricultural Crop Rotation Act is to maintain and improve ground and surface water quality, maintain and improve soil quality, and to preserve soil productivity.

The basic concepts of the Act are that regulated crops can be grown in a field no more frequently than once in three years, and that regulated crops may not be grown on land with a slope of greater than 9 %, unless the crop is grown under an approved Management Plan.

A Management Plan is a plan implemented by a grower and approved by the Department that provides a level of protection to soil and water that would be expected from a three year rotation featuring a regulated crop followed by a grain crop and a forage crop.

For more information on Crop Management Plans, contact Brian Craig, Plant Health Regulatory Manager with the PEIDAFA.

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