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OPTION 16: MANAGEMENT OF MOWN GRASSLAND FOR CORN BUNTINGS
| | | £ | | Non- NVZ | NVZ | |
Income foregone: | 6 | tonnes hay | 86 | per tonne | 516 | 511.82 | |
| 30% | | | | 154.80 | 153.55 | |
Additional Costs: | | Bird-friendly mowing | | | 9.40 | 9.40 | |
| | 2.5 wks alternative grazings* | | | 61.54 | 61.54 | |
Total: | | | | | 225.74 | 224.48 | per hectare |
Assuming this option will generally be adopted within the Corn bunting 'Core Areas' (East Scotland).
Average hay yield: 6 tonnes/hectare
Average hay price in Corn bunting 'core areas' - East Scotland (2006): £86 per tonne
For bird-friendly mowing, assumed that contracor's work rate will drop from 1 hectare per hour to 0.67 hectare per hour. Therefore, 1.5 hours taken to mow 1 hectare @ £19.80 per hectare. Additional cost is £9.40 per hectare.
* | | | | | | £ | | | | £ | per ha |
Total Additional Costs: | Rented grazings | 1 | hectare @ | | | 200 | x | 0.12 | (3 wks of 6 months) | 23.08 | |
| Supervision | 1 | hectare rented grazings for | 3 | weeks @ | £7.82 | per hr per wk per ha rented | | | 23.46 | |
| Wormer & haulage | 7.5 | ewes @ | | | 2.00 | | | | 15.00 | |
Total: | | | | | | | | | | 61.54 | |
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