OPTION 23: MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL OR SERPENTINE HEATH
| | | | | | £ | | | | £ | |
Total Additional Costs: | Rented grazings | 0.200 | hectare @ | | | 200 | x | 0.83 | (5 of 6 months rental paid) | 33.33 | |
| Supervision | 0.200 | hectare rented grazings for | 21 | weeks @ | £7.82 | per hr per wk per ha rented | | | 32.84 | |
| Wormer & haulage | 1.5 | ewes @ | | | 2.00 | | | | 3.00 | |
| Away-wintering | 0.5 | ewe/ha | | @ | 14.5 | per ewe | | | 7.25 | per hectare |
| Transport & gathering | 0.5 | ewe/ha | | @ | 2.5 | per ewe | | | 1.25 | |
Total costs: | | | | | | | | | | 77.68 | per ha up to 30 ha |
Total costs: | | | | | | | | | | 44.83 | per ha for next 40 ha |
Total costs: | | | | | | | | | | 1.30 | per ha thereafter |
Assuming that coastal heath/serpentine heath will normally carry 1.5 ewes/ha (0.225 LU/ha)