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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 |
| | | | 9.00 | |
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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