Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 4832
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 4832
- Agency: means the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. See
- agricultural waste: means material originating or emanating from a farm or imported onto a farm that is determined by the Secretary or the Secretary of Natural Resources to be harmful to the waters of the State, including sediments; minerals, including heavy metals; plant nutrients; pesticides; organic wastes, including livestock waste; animal mortalities; compost; feed, and crop debris; waste oils; pathogenic bacteria and viruses; thermal pollution; silage runoff; untreated milk house waste; and any other farm waste as the term "waste" is defined in 10 V. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 4832. Farm Agronomic Practices Program
The Farm Agronomic Practices 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; 2023, No. 6, § 67, eff. July 1, 2023.)