The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 6 : Agriculture
Chapter 215 : Agricultural Water Quality
Subchapter 003 : WATER QUALITY; FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 4832)-
§ 4832. Farm Agronomic Practices Program
The Farm Agronomic Practices Program is created in the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to promote soil-based practices that improve soil quality and nutrient retention, increase crop production, minimize erosion potential, and reduce agricultural waste discharges. Financial assistance for related education, training, or instruction may be available under the Program to Vermont farms, agricultural service providers, and agricultural nonprofit organizations. Vermont farms may also receive financial assistance for the following eligible practices:
(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; 2023, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.)
