§ 4830. Agricultural Environmental Management Program
§ 4830. Agricultural Environmental Management Program (a) The Agricultural Environmental Management Program is created in the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to provide the farms of Vermont with State financial assistance to alternatively manage their farmstead, cropland, and pasture in a manner that will address identified water quality concerns that, traditionally, would have been […]
§ 4831. Vermont Seeding and Filter Strip Program
§ 4831. Vermont Seeding and Filter Strip Program (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets is authorized to develop a Vermont critical source area seeding and filter strip program in addition to the federal Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in order to compensate farmers for establishing and maintaining harvestable perennial vegetative grassed waterways and filter […]
§ 4832. Farm Agronomic Practices Program
§ 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 […]
§ 4849. Recycling animal waste nutrients
§ 4849. Recycling animal waste nutrients In order to best use the nutrients of animal waste generated by farm operations, the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets together with the Department of Public Service shall use available resources to inform farm operations of appropriate methods and resources available to digest and compost their animal wastes, […]
§ 4816. Seasonal application of manure
§ 4816. Seasonal application of manure (a) Prohibition on application. A person shall not apply manure to land in the State between December 15 and April 1 of any calendar year unless authorized by this section. (b) Extension of prohibition. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall amend the required agricultural practices by rule […]
§ 4817. Management of non-sewage waste
§ 4817. Management of non-sewage waste (a) As used in this section: (1) “Non-sewage waste” means any waste other than sewage that may contain organisms pathogenic to human beings but does not mean stormwater runoff. (2) “Sewage” means waste containing human fecal coliform and other potential pathogenic organisms from sanitary waste and used water from […]
§ 4818. Farming; scope of activities
§ 4818. Farming; scope of activities (a) As used to determine the scope of nuisance protection in 12 V.S.A. chapter 195, “agricultural activities” shall include “farming” as defined in this title. (b) For purposes of the application of 12 V.S.A. § 5753, all “agricultural activities” defined in this chapter, subject to the limitations and requirements […]
§ 4820. Definitions
§ 4820. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “RAPs” means “Required Agricultural Practices” as defined by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets pursuant to subchapter 1 of this chapter. (2) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. (3) “Agency” means the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. (4) “FSA” means the […]
§ 4821. Assistance program created; administration
§ 4821. Assistance program created; administration (a) Program created. A program is created to provide State financial assistance to Vermont farmers in support of their voluntary construction of on-farm improvements and maintenance of acceptable operating standards designed to abate nonpoint source agricultural waste discharges into the waters of the State of Vermont, consistent with goals […]
§ 4822. Eligibility for State assistance
§ 4822. Eligibility for State assistance Vermont farmers shall be eligible to receive available State financial assistance with the installation of on-farm improvements designed to control agricultural nonpoint source waste discharges, provided that: (1) for farmers who also seek federal financial assistance for this purpose, the improvements: (A) are eligible for federal assistance through programs […]