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OPTION 30: CREATION OF CONSERVATION HEADLANDS (NO FERTILISER)
Income foregone: | Gross Margin | | | | |
| Winter Wheat | £434.00 | per ha | | |
| Winter Barley | £385.00 | | | |
| Spring Barley | £282.00 | | | |
| Gross Margin average: | | | £367.00 | per ha |
| 100% yield reduction | | | £367.00 | |
| 50% yield reduction | | | £183.50 | |
Additional costs: | Additional drying costs | £14.20 | per ha | | |
| Additional dressing costs | £13.60 | | | |
Costs saved: | Spraying (herbicides & insecticides) costs | | | £21.50 | per ha |
| Nitrogen fertiliser costs* | | | £53.17 | |
Sub-Total: | | | | £136.63 | per ha |
Overall cost: | | | | 136.63 | per ha |
*Fertiliser costs: | Winter Wheat | £125.00 | per ha |
| Winter Barley | £116.00 | |
| Spring Barley | £78.00 | |
| Average: | £106.33 | per ha |
Fertiliser costs saved (50% total): | | £53.17 | per ha |
Additonal drying costs: | | |
Difference in cost (£/t) between reducing moisture from 20% to 15% and reducing moisture from 16% to 15% | £3.55 | per tonne |
Assumed crop yield from headland: | | |
Winter wheat | 4.5 | tonnes/ha |
Winter barley | 4.5 | tonnes/ha |
Spring barley | 3 | tonnes/ha |
Additional drying cost: | £14.20 | per ha |
Additional dressing costs: | | |
Additional time spent by a worker dressing 1 tonne of grain harvested from the headland | 0.50 | hour/tonne |
Assumed crop yield from headland: | | |
Winter wheat | 4.5 | tonnes/ha |
Winter barley | 4.5 | tonnes/ha |
Spring barley | 3 | tonnes/ha |
Additional time spent dressing grain: | 2.00 | hours/ha |
Additional dressing cost assuming a wage of £6.80/hr | £13.60 | per ha |
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