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(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 12th September 1991.
(2) Any reference in this Order to “the Schedule” shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule to this Order, and the reference to column 3 of the Schedule shall be construed as including a reference to the note to that column.
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(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 1991, 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.
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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1990 is hereby revoked.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 13th August 1991.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Nicholas Bennett
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
14th August 1991
SCHEDULE
Articles 1(2) and 2


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Farminig use Unit of production Net annual income from unit of production
  £

1 
Livestock
Dairy cows:
 Channel Islands breeds cow 190
Other breeds cow: 240
Beef breeding cows:
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1984 which is severely disadvantaged land or disadvantaged land cow 70
On other land cow 30
Beef fattening cattle (intensive) head 45
Dairy replacements head 53
Other cattle head 31
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 6
Store lambs (including ewe lambs as shearlings) head 1
Pigs:
Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 90
Porker head 3.90
Cutter head 5.10
Bacon head 5.60
Poultry:
Laying hens bird 1.40
Broilers bird 0.20
Point-of-lay pullets bird 0.30
Turkeys bird 1.20
Rabbits doe 5

2 
Farm arable crops
Barley hectare 25
Beans hectare 25
Herbage seed hectare 90
Linseed hectare 85
Oats hectare 25
Oilseed rape hectare 120
Peas:
Dried hectare 25
Vining hectare 120
Potatoes
First early hectare 460
Maincrop (including seed) hectare 440
Sugar Beet hectare 220
Wheat hectare 92

3 
Outdoor horticultural crops
Beans:
Broad hectare 450
French hectare 330
Runner hectare 2400
Brussel sprouts hectare 1000
Cabbage, Savoys and sprouting broccoli hectare 1100
Carrots hectare 1500
Cauliflower and winter broccoli hectare 1300
Celery hectare 5000
Leeks hectare 2500
Lettuce hectare 3000
Onions:
Dry bulb hectare 1300
Salad hectare 4000
Outdoor bulbs hectare 1200
Parsnips hectare 1000
Rhubard–natural hectare 2000
Turnips and swedes hectare 400

4 
Protected crops
Forced narcissus 1000 square metres 4800
Forced tulips 1000 square metres 6000
Mushrooms 1000 square metres 9000

5 
Orchard fruit
Apples:
Cider hectare 300
Cooking hectare 800
Dessert hectare 800
Cherries hectare 600
Pears hectare 720
Plums hectare 550

6 
Soft fruit
Blackcurrants hectare 710
Gooseberries hectare 750
Raspberries hectare 2300
Strawberries hectare 3000

7 
Miscellaneous
Hops hectare 700
