The Scottish Government

Income foregone:

Gross Margin

£

per ha

Winter Barley

£385.00

per ha

Spring Barley

£282.00

Livestock' Gross Margin (average)

£494.23

Gross Margin average:

£387.08

Interest on Tenant's Capital saved

£35.53

100% loss:

351.54

on 0.67 hectare:

A =

351.54

x

0.67

£235.53

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

Interest on Tenant's Capital saved

£35.53

100% loss

£351.54

75% loss

£263.66

on utilisable 75% of 0.33 hectare:

B =

263.66

x

0.33

£87.01

Additional costs:

Additional hedge trimming costs

£0.00

Annual restoration costs

£1,469.92

Sub-total: Loss from A + Loss from B + Additional cost:

£1,792.47

Overall cost:

£1,792.47

per ha

Payment rate

£0.54

pence per linear metre of hedge

assuming a 1 hectare managed strip will be 3 metres wide and 3,333.33 metres long

*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

40.63

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

Additional costs

Assumption: 75% hedgerow restored (gapping up and coppicing or laying) over 5 years; 1.33 metres restored per hour and a labour cost of £7.82 per hour.

Cost of restoring hedge per running metre of hedge (£)

Cost over 5 years (£/ha)

75% of a 3,333 m long hedge with a 2 m wide base restored over 5 years, i.e. 2500 m

5.88

£14,699.25

Only one side restored under this option.

Therefore, additional cost equals 1/2 the calculated rate:

£7,349.62

Annual cost (£/ha)

Additional cost in each year

£1,469.92