La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XV-323

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-323 - Program Participation [Formerly Section 327]

A. All cotton producers growing cotton in Louisiana shall participate in the boll weevil eradication program in accordance with the Louisiana boll weevil eradication law and these regulations.

B. Cotton producers shall destroy cotton stalks in every field planted in cotton, on or before December 31 of each crop year. Cotton stalk destruction shall consist of shredding or disking in a manner that destroys standing cotton stalks. Cotton stalks that come up in a failed field must also be destroyed by December 31 of the crop year. Failure to destroy stalks by December 31 of each crop year shall be a violation of this Chapter.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XV-323

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Boll Weevil Eradication Commission, LR 27:280 (March 2001), amended LR 30:2444 (November 2004), LR 40:1520 (August 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1609, 1612, and 1613.