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OPTION 5: MANAGEMENT OF WATER MARGIN
Income foregone: | Gross Margin | | | | | £ | |
| Winter Barley | £385.00 | per ha | | | | |
| Spring Barley | £282.00 | | | | | |
| Livestock' Gross Margin (average) | £494.23 | | | | | |
| Gross Margin average: | | | | | £387.08 | |
| 6.3% interest on Tenant's Capital saved | | | | | £35.53 | |
| 100% loss: | | | | | 351.54 | |
| 75% of figure is Income Foregone: | | | | | 263.66 | per ha |
Additional costs: | Management of non-productive part of water margin - 0.25 ha in each hectare | 0.25 | ha @ | £125.00 | per ha | £31.25 | per ha |
Sub-total: | | | | | | 294.91 | |
Overall cost: | | | | | | 294.91 | per ha |
*Average Tenant's Capital
for Farm Types: Scotland General Cropping Farms & Mixed Farms | £564.00 |
| per cow | per ha |
*Upland/Lowground Suckler Cows - mainly silage diets | | |
Feb-Apr | 0 | 0 |
May-June | 17 | 30.36 |
Aug-Oct | 26 | 40.625 |
Average = | | 23.66 |
Dairy Cow - silage ad lib | | |
av. Annual yield 7,000 litres | | 1290.75 |
| per 100 ewes | |
Crossbred Breeding Ewes - Finished/store lamb | | |
Upland | 1601 | 128.08 |
Lowground | 2293 | 208.45 |
Av. Upland/lowground | 1947 | 168.27 |
Average 'Livestock' Gross Margin | 494.23 |
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