All agricultural activities and fish and wildlife management activities, including the preparation of land and the planting, nurturing and harvesting of crops, shall be carried out in accordance with recommended management practices established for the particular agricultural activity by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the Soil Conservation Service and the New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Station at Rutgers University.

In "AP" Agricultural Production Districts, a resource conservation plan shall be prepared by the operator of every agricultural use or the appropriate Soil Conservation District, located in an area which has been designated by any agency of Federal, State or local government as having substandard surface or groundwater. If prepared by the operator, such plan shall be submitted to the Soil Conservation District for review. The resource conservation plan shall be reviewed, updated and revised as necessary and shall provide for the use of recommended management practices as found in, but not limited to, the following publications:

All agricultural operation in an "AP" District shall be exempt from any ordinance or regulation which inhibits efficient crop production, including but not limited to ordinances and regulations imposing time limits or operations, dust limits and odor restrictions, except those ordinances and regulations which are strictly necessary for the maintenance of public health.