EFA Nitrogen Fixing Crops Seed

Nitrogen Fixing Seed Mixtures and Legume Seed. See the Following requirements to count as an EFA

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Nitrogen-fixing crops may be grown on their own in pure stands or may be mixed with other crops providing the nitrogen-fixing crops make up at least 51% of the plants in the ground.

• The minimum area of nitrogen-fixing crops which can count as an EFA is 0.01 hectares.

• Read the crop list to find out which nitrogen-fixing crops can count as an EFA.

 

To be eligible as EFA, nitrogen-fixing crops must be in the ground during the crop diversification period, from 1st of May to 30th of June. Farmers growing EFA nitrogen-fixing crops must not use plant protection products on their crop for the full crop cycle from planting to harvest. 

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Includes ‘pasture legumes’ such as clover, lucerne, sainfoin and trefoil + other legumes such as beans, chickpeas, cowpeas, fenugreek, lentils, lupins, peas, soya and vetch.

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All information is correct at the time of writing. Please check the latest details with your local advisor.