Corn-mustard-corn in Italy: It can be done, but don't call it a cover crop

The Masaf circular which saved Italian corn, canceling the reckless ban on the collection of the secondary crop within the scope of BCAA 7 which imposes the obligation of rotation from this year, must be completed with a recommendation regarding the Pac application for this year. What to indicate in the Pac 2024 application The farmer who sows corn in 2024 and who wants to reseed corn in the spring of 2025, if he intends to use cover crops (such as mustard or horseradish) in the autumn of 2024 to interrupt the mono-succession, on the 2024 CAP application, when indicating mustard or horseradish or other, should not write "cover crops" but rather "secondary crop". The secondary crop must remain in the field for at least 90 days: this is the only constraint required. This detail is very important, because the legislation indicates that the use of secondary crops is allowed to interrupt the rotation obligation, but not cover crops. In fact, if for example mustard is used to interrupt ...