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DATE OF LAST CHANGE:

6/10/06

Revised by:

DB

Calculation

OPTION 12: MOORLAND MANAGEMENT: OFF WINTERING OF SHEEP

£

per head

Conversion factor

£

per ha

Additional costs:

Additional feed (hay/silage etc.) costs on the inbye:

£7.25

Overall cost:

7.25

per head

1.25

9.06

per hectare

Assumptions:

Removal of 1 sheep benefits 0.8ha of moorland.

*Additional feed costs on the inbye derived from the charge levied by a business looking after away-wintered sheep as follows:

£

per head

Management fee levied by business -20% of total:

£2.90

Labour cost (incurred whether or not sheep away-wintered) - 30% of total:

£4.35

Additional feed (hay/silage etc.) costs on the inbye:

£7.25

per head

Total away-wintering charge

£14.50

* discussed and agreed with Roy Paterson SEERAD Operations Group on 4 October 2006

BASIS OF CALCULATION

Additional costs: equivalent to additional feed costs (hay/silage etc.) on the inbye, derived from the charge levied by a business looking after away-wintered sheep.

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