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OPTION 33: UNHARVESTED CROPS

East

Income foregone:

Gross Margin

£

NVZ adj

per ha

Winter Barley

£385.00

per ha

Spring Barley

£282.00

Livestock' Gross Margin (average)

£494.23

Livestock' Gross Margin (average) NZV

£469.47

Gross Margin average:

£387.08

£375.75

100% loss:

£387.08

£375.75

Costs saved:

Spraying costs

£54.50

100%

£54.50

£54.50

Fertiliser costs

£97.00

60%

£58.20

£58.20

Other crop expenses

£13.00

100%

£13.00

£13.00

£125.70

£125.70

Additional costs:

Contractor's charge for ploughing field in spring-time when regular farm staff engaged in other peak-time activities

£42.00

per ha

50% of Contractor's charge, assuming that farmers will plough at least 50% of their spring crop stubbles in the springtime using their own labour/farm staff.

£21.00

£21.00

per ha

Contractor's charge for topping old crop

£25.00

£25.00

per ha

Contractor's charge for spraying

£13.60

£13.60

per ha

OVERALL COST 'EAST':

£320.98

£309.65

per ha

Charge for topping based on machinery ring price for set-aside topping - top of range used as crop potentially woody

Non- NVZ

NVZ

per cow

per ha

per ha

*Upland/Lowground Suckler Cows - mainly silage diets

Feb-May

0

0

0

May-June

17

30.35

30.35

Aug-Oct

26

40.63

40.63

Average =

23.66

23.66

Dairy Cow - silage ad lib

av. Annual yield 7,000 litres

1290.75

1216.4914

per 100 ewes

Crossbred Breeding Ewes - Finished/store lamb

Upland

1601

128.08

128.08

Lowground

2293

208.45

208.45455

Av. Upland/lowground

1947

168.27

168.26727

0

Average 'Livestock' Gross Margin

494.23

469.47

West

Income foregone:

Rental value of grass:

£200.00

£200.00

Additional costs:

Crop establishment costs (using contracted labour):

Ploughing

£42.00

Discing

£21.60

Rolling

£12.40

Sowing (with fertiliser) + sowing 2nd crop

£44.50

Seed cost (average)

£48.66

Stone removal, assuming it will take 1 tractor/trailer driver and 3 gatherers one hour to clear each hectare @

£6.80

per hour per worker

£27.20

Fertiliser costs (60% reduction)

£63.17

60%

£37.90

Contractor's charge for topping old crop

£25.00

per ha

Contractor's charge for spraying

£13.60

per ha

Total additional costs:

£272.86

OVERALL COST 'WEST':

£472.86

per ha

Seed cost is average of spring barley, spring oats, field beans, protein peas, kale and forage rape

Management payment is the average of the 'West' and 'East' figures:

NVZ adj

Payment rate:

East'

£320.98

309.6534

West'

£472.86

472.862

average of the 'West' and 'East' figures

£396.92

per ha

391.2577

Overall cost:

396.92

per ha

391.26

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