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OPTION 7: MANAGEMENT OF BUFFER AREAS FOR FENS AND LOWLAND RAISED BOGS
Income foregone: | Gross Margin | | | £ | |
Cereal production to extensive lowground suckler | Winter Wheat | £434.00 | per ha | | |
| Winter Barley | £385.00 | | | |
| Spring Barley | £282.00 | | | |
| Gross Margin (average): | | | £367.00 | |
| Upland/Lowground Suckler - silage diets (average) | £23.67 | | | |
| 70% lowground suckler production | | | £16.57 | |
| Net loss | | | £350.43 | |
Additional costs: | Annual charge to service capital and interest required to stock 1 hectare, i.e. purchase 1 cow @ £1000 @ 6.3% over 7 yr herd life | | | £181.10 | per ha |
Overall Cost - Cereal production to extensive lowground suckler (A) | | | | £531.53 | per ha |
Intensive to extensive lowground suckler | Lowground Suckler (average) | £23.67 | | | |
| 70% lowground suckler production | | | 16.57 | |
Overall Cost - Intensive to extensive lowground suckler (B) | | | | 7.10 | per ha |
Average Cost (average of A & B): | | | | 269.32 | per ha |
Overall cost: | | | | 269.32 | per ha |
Ref: SACFMH 2005/2006
Assuming stocking density on extensively managed grazing = 1.0 LU/ha
| per cow | per ha |
**Upland/Lowground Suckler Cows - mainly silage diets | | |
Feb-May | -4 | 0.00 |
May-June | 17 | 30.00 |
Aug-Oct | 26 | 41 |
Average = | | 23.67 |
Upland/Lowground Suckler Cows - mainly silage diets
Assuming a 30% drop in production with no application of fertiliser and pesticides.
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