Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1) Only those pesticides on the Department’s “Approved” list may be applied. Other pesticides may be used on a case by case basis with pre-authorization. Contact the Department concerning any questions about pesticide application. 2) Permittee will contact the Department before harvest begins. Any special conditions of harvest will be negotiated at this time (for example, the Department may want to buy corn or soybeans to be left in the field). 3) Post-harvest tillage of fields will not begin before March 1st without written authorization. 4) The Department will determine which crops will be planted on each tract in any given year. Input from the permittee will be considered but final authority rests with the Department. 5) The Department manages all of its property to provide wildlife benefits as well as to be a good steward of soils and water quality. To achieve these goals, permittees may be required to employ practices that are not typical of management on private land. Portions of some tracts may not be farmed in any given year. The Department reserves the right to remove tracts, or portions of tracts, from production at any time during the term of the permit. 6) 100% of annual cash rent payment is due no later than January 15 of each year. Also 5% of all crops planted by the permittee will be given to the Department to either be left in the field or harvested and sold as designated on the annual permit. On milo/idle acres no cash rent will be due for these acres. The permittee has the option to plant milo in these fields, of which 60% will belong to the permittee and 40% will belong to the department.
