§ 2113. Eligibility for grants and limitations
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 3 P.S. Agriculture
3 P.S. § 2113
§ 2113. Eligibility for grants and limitations
(1) That he is a resident of this Commonwealth, that its principal operating or managing members or shareholders, in the case of either a family farm partnership or a family farm corporation, are Commonwealth residents or show sufficient evidence that he or they intend to become a resident or residents or that they are a nonprofit educational institution operating within this Commonwealth.
(10) The intent to use practices that would improve soil fertility, lower the cost of production, cause the optimum and environmentally compatible use of off-farm inputs, such as chemical or synthetic fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides, or otherwise promote sustainable agriculture. Practices that promote sustainable agriculture could include, but not be limited to, practices that involve using on-farm labor and resources, such as animal and plant manure to enrich soil, planting a diverse array of crops, rotating crops, planting cover crops to defend against insects and weeds and using mechanical tillage to control weeds and relying on natural systems, such as biological controls and natural predators.
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1994, Dec. 12, P.L. 891, No. 129, § 13, effective in 60 days.
3 P.S. § 2113, PA ST 3 P.S. § 2113
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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