A farmer wants to set aside a little more than his set-aside requirement as insurance to allow for a margin of error in his calculations. How should he record and manage this land?
A. In general the same rules apply as in 2006, (please note the codes or columns stated below are for 2006 and may be different on the 2007 application form) any additional land not in agricultural production that you wish to treat as insurance set-aside should be coded OT2 and managed according to GAEC 12 and set-aside management rules. (Advice on meeting these standards is available from Momenta by calling 0845 345 1302 or from their web site www.crosscompliance.org.uk.) Please note that where farmers are growing non food crops on set-aside land any area within a field over the set-aside area cannot be counted as OT2 as it is growing a crop and is therefore not classified as GAEC12 (land not in agricultural production). It must be coded according to the relevant crop grown. More detailed advice on particular situations is given below through reference to a number of examples: The farmer has a land parcel 8.05 ha in area and 8 set-aside entitlements. He manages the entire area as set-
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