§ 4832. Farm Agronomic Practices Program
The Farm Agronomic Practices Assistance Program is created in the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to provide the farms of Vermont with State financial assistance for the implementation, including through education, training, or instruction, of soil-based practices that improve soil quality and nutrient retention, increase crop production, minimize erosion potential, and reduce agricultural waste discharges. The following practices may be eligible for assistance to farms under the Grant Program:
(1) conservation crop rotation;
(2) cover cropping;
(3) strip cropping;
(4) cross-slope tillage;
(5) zone or no-tillage;
(6) pre-sidedress nitrate tests; and
(7) additional soil-based practices that improve soil quality and nutrient retention, increase crop production, minimize erosion potential, and reduce agricultural waste discharges. (Added 2007, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2009, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2013, No. 83, § 12; 2015, No. 39, § 16; 2019, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 12 (redesignated from 6 V.S.A. § 4951); 2021, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. June 1, 2022.)