OPTION 43: SUPPLEMENT WHERE CEREAL CROP HARVESTED BY BINDER & STOOKS GATHERED INTO STACKS
Supplement where crop harvested by traditional reaping method.
| | £ | per ha |
| Contractor's charge for cutting, baling and wrapping arable silage (conventional method): | £134.60 | |
| Estimated cost of cutting, stooking and stacking crop (traditional method - using a binder): | £549.50 | |
Additional cost (Supplement): | | £414.90 | per ha |
Recommended rate will be £400. Where this is combined with option 31; introduction or retention of extensive cropping (biodivisty cropping) with a payment rate of £70.94 per hector. The payment rate will be £470.94 per hector per year.
Ref: Contractor's charge and estimated costs quoted above were obtained from the Uists (by K Wilson, SEERAD Benbecula)
Harvesting: | | | | |
Farm labour | | hrs/hectare | | |
Lift (stook) | 15 | | | |
Reek (gather into ricks of 20-40 sheaves | 10 | | | |
| 25 | hrs/hectare @ | £6.80 | £170.00 |
Contractors' rates - Preparation | 10 | | | |
Binder | 3 | | | |
Stack | 10 | | | |
| 23 | hrs/hectare @ | £16.50 | £379.50 |
Contractors Rates as per SACFMH 2005-06
Supporting Calculation for Reduced Harvesting Cost
Contractors' Rates - SAC Handbook
| | Whole Crop |
Mowing | | £19.80 |
2 rows to 1 | | £24.80 |
Baling | | |
Wrapping | 20 bales @ £4.50 | £90.00 |
Total | | £134.60 |
Harvesting by traditional methods based on SAC Benbecula survey of 3 prominent North Uist crofters who employ these methods when conditions allow The crofters are Macdonald, Dunskellar; Macdonald, Clachan Sands and Macdonald, Kyles Paible. The last of these is also a contractor who, if there was a demand, would charge £600 - £650/ha for contract work. There are no other contractors who do this work but one crofter harvests for his neighbours only at the uncommercial rate of £420/ha.