No break
The ban on plowing bans converting agricultural grassland into arable land .
Since a higher contribution margin can be earned on arable land than on grassland, meadows are plowed by farmers. The proportion of grassland has therefore been falling for years. However, grassland is viewed as ecologically more valuable, as it is used with fewer pesticides and without tillage. Therefore, Bavaria and other federal states have decided, as stipulated in an EU regulation , to make the plowing of grassland subject to approval.
If a field has been cultivated as permanent grassland for five years, the meadow may no longer be plowed. If a lessee has used a field as a meadow for five years, as is supported by some cultural landscape programs, for example , the lessor can incur a considerable loss. According to a ruling by the Federal Court of Justice, the tenant is then liable for damages.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sibylle Wilke: Grassland upheaval . In: Federal Environment Agency . August 7, 2013 ( Umweltbundesamt.de [accessed February 3, 2018]).
- ^ Obligation to obtain a permit for plowing permanent grassland - StMELF. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Leaseholder liable for damages for the creation of permanent grassland . In: top agrar online . ( topagrar.com [accessed February 3, 2018]).
- ↑ Land lease law: the tenant's liability for damages in the case of permanent grassland being created | beck community. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .