Poland: Catch crops - what to do if we do not sow them by August 20?

Published 2021년 8월 23일

Tridge summary

The National Council of Agricultural Chambers has requested an extension for sowing stubble catch crops to comply with ecological focus area (EFA1) requirements, which has been granted until September 4, 2021. If farmers cannot sow these crops by August 20, they can switch to other EFA options. Farmers cannot declare more EFA area than they had in their initial application and must inform the ARMA poviat office of any changes. If a farmer fails to sow stubble catch crops due to unforeseen circumstances, they may be exempted from administrative penalties if they report the situation and provide proof within 15 days.

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Original content

The Board of the National Council of Agricultural Chambers asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to extend the deadline for sowing stubble catch crops. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development responded to a request to extend the deadline for sowing stubble catch crops to September 4, 2021, and to keep them in the field for 8 weeks. What if catch crops are not sown by August 20? Stubble catch crops are one of the options for meeting the requirement of maintaining the ecological focus area (EFA1) as part of greening. According to the regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of 11 March 2015 on areas recognized as ecological focus areas and the conditions for joint implementation of the practice of maintaining these areas, ecological focus areas (EFA) are, among others, catch crops as areas formed by sowing a mixture consisting of at least two plant species from the following groups of crops: cereals, oilseeds, forage, small-seed ...

Source: SwiatRolnika