10New management actions

10 New management actions

(1) New management actions must not be inconsistent with the relevant myBMP (Best Management Practice) standard for the action, as published from time to time by the Cotton Research and Development Corporation.

Note: The Cotton Research and Development Corporation’s Best Management Practice standards are available at: www.mybmp.com.au.

(2) At least one new management action undertaken for the purposes of subsection 9(1) must be demonstrated to have the potential to increase the nitrogen fertiliser use efficiency of the cotton area. (3) Nitrogen fertiliser use efficiency may be increased only by: (a) increasing the lint yield of the cotton area without a proportional increase in the rate of nitrogen applied via synthetic fertiliser; or (b) decreasing the rate of nitrogen applied via synthetic fertiliser to the cotton area without a proportional decrease in the lint yield. (4) Actions which may achieve the outcomes specified in subsection (3) include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) modifying the synthetic fertiliser application rate; (b) modifying the synthetic fertiliser application timing; (c) modifying the synthetic fertiliser application method;

Note: For the purposes of paragraph (c), application method refers to how the synthetic fertiliser is applied; for example, via spreading or placement at depth in the soil.

(d) applying a different type of synthetic fertiliser which:
(i) increases the nitrogen available to the plant; or
(ii) reduces nitrogen losses from the soil; or
(iii) does both subparagraph (i) and (ii);
(e) a combination of the modifications specified in paragraphs (a)–(d).