Authority: IC 14-34-2-1
Affected: IC 14-34
Sec. 63. "High level management" means that the following agronomic practices must be implemented:
- (1) Using cropping systems that help maintain good tilth and high organic matter content.
- (2) Controlling erosion through conservation and water management practices so that the quality of the soil is maintained or improved rather than reduced.
- (3) Applying lime and fertilizer in accordance with soil test recommendations of the state agricultural experiment station for targeted yields of reference crops.
- (4) Using crop residue to the fullest extent practicable to protect and improve the soil.
- (5) Following conservation tillage practices where needed to reduce the hazards of soil compaction and erosion.
- (6) Using only the crop varieties that are adapted to the climate and the soil.
- (7) Controlling weeds, plant diseases, and harmful insects by currently accepted management techniques.
- (8) Draining wet areas using surface or subsurface drainage systems so that excess water on or in the soil does not restrict yields of adapted crops.
(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 25-1-63; filed Jun 21, 2001, 2:53 p.m.: 24 IR 3411, eff Dec 1, 2001; readopted filed May 29, 2007, 9:51 a.m.: 20070613-IR-312070146RFA; readopted filed Sep 19, 2013, 10:12 a.m.: 20131016-IR-312130125RFA; readopted filed Mar 26, 2019, 3:40 p.m.: 20190424-IR-312190011RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)