The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2024

Article 3(1)

SCHEDULE Prescribed units of production and determination of net annual income

Column 1		Column 2	Column 3
Farming use		Unit of production	Net annual income from unit of production (£)
(1) This is the figure for animals (irrespective of age) which are kept for 12 months. In the case of animals kept for less than 12 months, a pro-rata adjustment of this figure is to be made.
(2) The figure given in Column 3, for a hectare of the type of land described in Column 1, is the rate applicable to that unit of production under the basic payment scheme (the “BPS rate”) for the relevant farming use in 2022 adjusted to take off 20% to account for the operation of Article 11A of Regulation 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, as that Regulation had effect in relation to England on 31st December 2022 (20% being the minimum reduction that all payments received by claimants under the basic payment scheme will be subject to by virtue of that Article), average rents and 2% for cross compliance. Article 11A was inserted by S.I. 2021/407 and substituted by S.I. 2022/407. The BPS rates are those confirmed on 20th September 2022 at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/basic-payment-scheme-2022-entitlement-rates. Hard copies can be obtained from the Rural Payments Agency, P.O. Box 69, Reading, RG1 3YD.
1. Livestock
Dairy cows		Cow	967.00
Beef breeding cows:	on land in a less favoured area	Cow	5.00
	on other land	Cow	-28.00
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive)		Head	-24.00(1)
Dairy replacements		Head	154.00(1)
Ewes:	on land in a less favoured area	Ewe	-15.00
	on other land	Ewe	10.00
Store lambs (including ewe-lambs sold as shearlings)		Head	12.00
Pigs:	sows and gilts in pig	Sow or gilt	265.00
	porker	Head	9.90
	cutter	Head	13.00
	bacon	Head	15.60
Poultry:	laying hens	Bird	4.60
	broilers	Bird	0.30
	point of lay pullets	Bird	0.90
Christmas turkeys		Bird	14.90
2. Farm arable crops
Barley		Hectare	334.00
Beans		Hectare	181.00
Oilseed rape		Hectare	164.00
Dried peas		Hectare	200.00
Potatoes:	first early	Hectare	2650.00
	maincrop (including seed)	Hectare	3060.00
Sugar beet		Hectare	620.00
Wheat		Hectare	540.00
3. Outdoor horticultural crops and fruit
Orchard fruit		Hectare	4460.00
Soft fruit		Hectare	17870.00
4. Eligible hectare
Land which was, in 2022, an eligible hectare(2):	moorland	Hectare	-13.40
	severely disadvantaged land, excluding moorland	Hectare	117.40
	disadvantaged land	Hectare	13.90
	all other land	Hectare	-66.20