The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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WATER QUALITY; FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 4832)
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§ 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.)