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OPTION 29: MANAGEMENT OF CONSERVATION HEADLANDS
Income foregone: | Gross Margin | | | | |
| Winter Wheat | £434.00 | per ha | | |
| Winter Barley | £385.00 | | | |
| Spring Barley | £282.00 | | | |
| Gross Margin average: | | | £367.00 | |
| 100% yield reduction | | | £367.00 | |
| 15% yield reduction | | | £55.05 | per ha |
Additional costs: | Additional drying costs | | | £18.93 | |
| Additional dressing costs | | | £18.13 | |
Costs saved: | Spraying (herbicides & insecticides) costs | | | £21.50 | |
Sub-TOTAL: | | | | £70.62 | per ha |
Overall cost: | | | | 70.62 | per ha |
Additonal drying costs: | | |
| £3.55 | per tonne |
Difference in cost (£/t) between reducing moisture from 20% to 15% and reducing moisture from 16% to 15% | | |
Assumed crop yield from headland: | 6 | tonnes/ha |
Winter wheat | 6 | tonnes/ha |
Winter barley | 4 | tonnes/ha |
Spring barley | | |
Additional drying cost: | £18.93 | per ha |
Additional dressing costs: | | |
| 0.50 | hour/tonne |
Additional time spent by a worker dressing 1 tonne of grain harvested from the headland | | |
Assumed crop yield from headland: | 6 | tonnes/ha |
Winter wheat | 6 | tonnes/ha |
Winter barley | 4 | tonnes/ha |
Spring barley | | |
| 2.67 | hours/ha |
Additional time spent dressing grain: | £18.13 | per ha |
Additional dressing cost assuming a wage of £6.80/hr | | |
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