Plow Up and Planting Dates

Department Rule R3-4-204

NEW RULE ZONE NEW TILLAGE DATE HOST FREE PERIOD NEW PLANTING DATE
YUMA COUNTY
Except Dateland and Aztec
A 15 January 15 No less than 15 Days after
tillage Date AND
Crop Destruct
COCHISE, GRAHAM
and GREENLEE COUNTIES
B 1 March 15 No less than 15 Days after
tillage Date AND
Crop Destruct
MOHAVE, LA PAZ COUNTY
Except Aguila, Vicksburg,
Wenden & Salome Area
C 15 February 15 No less than 15 Days after
tillage Date AND
Crop Destruct
PIMA COUNTY
Plus Winkleman in
Pinal Co & Aguila in LaPaz Co
D 1 March 15 No less than 15 Days after
tillage Date AND
Crop Destruct
REMAINDER OF STATE
PINAL & MARICOPA COUNTIES plus
Vicksburg, Wenden & Salome in LaPaz Co
E 15 February 15 No less than 15 Days after
tillage Date AND
Crop Destruct

A grower who meets the tillage deadline specified shall not plant cotton earlier than 15 days after the tillage deadline for the zone. A grower who does not meet the tillage deadline shall not plant cotton on a farm until 15 days after the grower ensures that all crop remnants of a host plant remaining in the fields after harvest are shredded and the land tilled to destroy the host plant and its root system so no stalks remain attached to the soil.


Approved small grains (wheat, barley or oats): After shredding, small grains must be planted and irrigated prior to the tillage deadline.


 EXAMPLE: If a growers tillage date is February 15th, and they do not come into compliance until March 1st, they CANNOT plant until March 15th. A grower CANNOT circumvent having a fifteen day host free period.

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