Does the term establish mean allow to exist rather than any activity to make it exist, such as mechanical cultivation & seeding?
A. The key point is that on land used for crop production, the requirements of GAEC 14 must be adhered to ‘directly following the first harvest after 15 July 2005’. RPA recognises that there will be instances where this point will not be reached in the 2005 calendar year. The provisions outlined at paragraph 96 of the 2006 Cross Compliance Handbook have been introduced to allow for these cases. These provisions do not apply where the ‘directly following the first harvest after 15 July 2005’ point falls within the 2005 calendar year. Below are some examples of when the GAEC 14 requirements must be adhered to:Scenario 1: On 15 July 2005 a field is in crop, the crop is harvested 01 October 2005 and the field is replanted with another crop straight after, and this crop isn’t harvested until 01 May 2006. The farmer should have adhered to the requirements of GAEC 14 on 02 October 2005. Scenario 2: On 15 July 2005 a field was in crop, such as daffodils, this crop will be harvested 01 February
