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• These notes cover the Land Management Contract ( LMC) Menu Scheme. Please read them carefully so you understand the scheme requirements.
• Contact your SEERAD Area Office if you need more information. Our staff can only give you general guidance, not specific business advice. If in doubt, ask a professional adviser for help.

CONTENTS

List of acronyms used in this booklet

SECTION

1 The Menu Scheme
Introduction
Application
Calculating your allowance
Financial limits

2 The Menu of Options
Animal health and welfare management programme
Membership of quality assurance and organic certification schemes
Training
Farm and woodland visits
Off-farm talks
Buffer areas
Management of linear features
Hedgerows and hedgerow trees
Ditches
Dykes
Management of moorland grazing
Management of rush pasture
Biodiversity cropping on in-bye
Retention of winter stubbles
Wild bird seed mixture
Summer cattle grazing
Nutrient management
Improving access
Farm woodland planning
Farm woodland management
General Scheme requirements

3 Filling in the application form
Business details
Land ownership and control
Working out your allowance
Choosing your options
Quality assurance membership details
Shared boundary features
Management of permanent pasture
Declarations and undertakings

4 Other information
Supporting information
Payments
Inspections
Withdrawal from the scheme
Breaking the scheme rules and conditions
Penalties
Data protection
Appeals and complaints
Legal base

Worked example of application form Annex A

Animal health and welfare management programme Annex B
Table of livestock units Annex B 1
Animal health and welfare management assessment Annex B 2

List of suitable types of training courses Annex C

Farm and woodland visits and off-farm talks - risk assessment template Annex D

Farm and woodland information pack Annex E

Farm visit/talk confirmation Annex F

Specification for improving access Annex G

Standard for sustainable farm woodland management Annex H

Farm woodland plan template Annex I 1
Farm woodland planning - list of native species Annex I 2

Good farming practice guidelines Annex J

List of SEERAD area offices and telephone numbers Annex K

List of contact details Annex L

The text pages of this document are printed on recycled paper and are 100% recyclable.

We have written this booklet carefully and relying on the information we have received. It is not a complete statement of the law. For this, refer to the relevant EU and Scottish laws.

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