ollie989898
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Its all rather sad isn't it
Same in many other parts of the country really, pathetic to think what takes a bloke on a digger minutes now involves paper, clipboards and hard-hat morons.
Its all rather sad isn't it
traul through the bps book on cross compliance and look at hedge cutting which is non between March1st and September 1st
it may be in the stewardship rules
but not sure cannot remember where I saw it
trouble is ignorance of the rule is not a sound defence
I am pleased to be correctedI have read the Cross Compliance Guide from start to finish. No mention of ditch clearing.
Does CC insist on a green cover? I thought it was no cultivation, pesticide or fertiliser within 2m centre of a hedge or 1m from the top of the ditch bank, nothing to do with green cover. Could be wrong.
You must:
- take all reasonable steps to maintain a green cover on land within 2 metres of the centre of a watercourse or field ditch, or to land from the edge of the watercourse or field ditch to 1 metre on the landward side of the top of the bank.