1989 No. 1400
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1989
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 94(1) and 96(1) of and paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 19861, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:–
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 12th September 1989.
2
Any reference in this Order to“the Schedule” shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule to this Order, and a reference to column 3 of the Schedule shall be construed as including a reference to the note to that column.
Assessment of productive capacity of land2
1
Paragraph (2) of this article has effect for the purpose of the assessment of the productive capacity of a unit of agricultural land, in order to determine whether that unit is a commercial unit of agricultural land within the meaning of subparagraph (1) of paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.
2
Where the land in question would be capable, when farmed under competent management, of carrying or producing any such livestock, crop etc, as is mentioned in any entry in column 1 of the Schedule–
a
the unit of production prescribed in relation to that use of the land shall be the unit specified in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to that entry, and
b
the amount which, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12th September 1989, is to be regarded for the purposes of the said paragraph 3 as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period shall be the amount so specified in column 3 of the Schedule.
Revocation3
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 19882 is hereby revoked.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 26th July 1989.
SCHEDULEPRESCRIBED UNITS OF PRODUCTION AND DETERMINATION OF NET ANNUAL INCOME
Column 1 Farming use | Column 2 Unit of production | Column 3 Net annual income from unit of production |
---|---|---|
£ | ||
1. Livestock | ||
Dairy cows: | ||
Channel Islands breeds | cow | 174 |
Other breeds | cow | 221 |
Beef breeding cows: | ||
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 19843 which is– | ||
severely disadvantaged land or disadvantaged land | cow | 73 |
On other land | cow | 34 |
Beef fattening cattle (intensive) | head | 55(1) |
Dairy replacements | head | 50(1) |
Other cattle | head | 40(1) |
Calves fattened for veal | head | 20 |
Ewes: | ||
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1984 which is– | ||
severely disadvantaged land or disadvantaged land | ewe | 7 |
On other land | ewe | 8 |
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) | head | 1.50 |
Goats (Dairy) | goat | 68 |
Pigs: | ||
Sows and gilts in pig | sow or gilt | 55 |
Porker | head | 2.40 |
Cutter | head | 3.40 |
Bacon | head | 4 |
Poultry: | ||
Laying hens | bird | 0.85 |
Broilers | bird | 0.10 |
Capons | bird | 0.55 |
Point-of-lay pullets | bird | 0.20 |
Turkeys | bird | 0.85 |
Ducks | bird | 0.35 |
Rabbits | doe | 10 |
2. Farm arable crops | ||
Barley | hectare | 75 |
Beans or peas-stockfeed | hectare | 92 |
Herbage seed | hectare | 116 |
Linseed | hectare | 85 |
Mixed corn | hectare | 54 |
Oats | hectare | 77 |
Oilseed rape | hectare | 111 |
Peas: | ||
Dried | hectare | 95 |
Vining | hectare | 130 |
Potatoes: | ||
First early | hectare | 460 |
Maincrop (including seed) | hectare | 438 |
Rye | hectare | 68 |
Sugar Beet | hectare | 200 |
Wheat | hectare | 95 |
3. Outdoor horticultural crops | ||
Asparagus | hectare | 1550 |
Beans: | ||
Broad | hectare | 400 |
French | hectare | 300 |
Runner | hectare | 2200 |
Beetroot | hectare | 1130 |
Brussels sprouts | hectare | 900 |
Cabbage, Savoys and sprouting broccoli | hectare | 1000 |
Carrots | hectare | 1455 |
Cauliflower and winter broccoli | hectare | 1200 |
Celery | hectare | 5100 |
Leeks | hectare | 2200 |
Lettuce | hectare | 2700 |
Nursery stock: | ||
Container grown | 1000 square metres | 4490 |
Field grown | hectare | 4800 |
Onions: | ||
Dry bulb | hectare | 1160 |
Salad | hectare | 3200 |
Outdoor bulbs | hectare | 1550 |
Parsnips | hectare | 1000 |
Rhubarb-natural | hectare | 2500 |
Turnips and swedes | hectare | 400 |
Watercress | 1000 square metres | 3100 |
4. Protected crops | ||
Single crop cycle: | ||
Heated ornamentals | 1000 square metres | 10000 |
Fully heated vegetable (approximately 22°C lift in temperature, | 1000 square metres | 5800 |
Forced narcissus | 1000 square metres | 4000 |
Forced tulips | 1000 square metres | 5100 |
Mushrooms | 1000 square metres | 9200 |
Crop sequences: | ||
Heated (approximately 18°C lift in temperature) | 1000 square metres | 4100 |
Heat assisted (approximately 8°C lift in temperature) | 1000 square metres | 3200 |
Unheated | 1000 square metres | 2300 |
5. Orchard fruit | ||
Apples: | ||
Cider | hectare | 300 |
Cooking | hectare | 750 |
Dessert | hectare | 750 |
Cherries | hectare | 600 |
Pears | hectare | 720 |
Plums | hectare | 550 |
6. Soft fruit | ||
Blackcurrants | hectare | 710 |
Gooseberries | hectare | 750 |
Raspberries | hectare | 2300 |
Strawberries | hectare | 2500 |
7. Miscellaneous | ||
Bees | colony | 12 |
Deer | breeding hind | 16 |
Hops | hectare | 700 |
Trout-for-table | tonne | 300 |
Vines | hectare | 350 |
(This note is not part of the Order)