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(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 12th September 1997.
(2) Any reference in this Order to “the Schedule” is a reference to the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Any reference in this Order to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument and any amendment of such instrument as may exist on the date this Order is made.
(4) In this Order:
 “Council Regulation 805/68” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 805/68 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal;
 “Council Regulation 3013/89” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3013/89 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat;
 “Council Regulation 1765/92” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops.
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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 is capable, when farmed under competent management, of being used to produce any livestock, crop, fruit, etc. or as set-aside land, as is mentioned in any of the entries 1 to 8 in column 1 of the Schedule, then—
(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 determined, for the period of 12 months beginning with 12th September 1997, as the net annual income from that unit of production in that period shall be the amount specified in column 3 of the Schedule opposite that unit of production.
(3) The Schedule has effect subject to the Notes to the Schedule.
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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1996 is revoked.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
28th July 1997Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
4th August 1997
SCHEDULE
Articles 1(2) and 2


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Farming use Unit of production Net annual income from unit of production
  £
1. Livestock
Dairy cows:

 Channel Islands breeds cow 289

 Other breeds cow 345
Beef breeding cows:

 On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 cow 60

 On other land cow 45
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive) head 83
Dairy replacements head 77
Ewes:

 On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 ewe 25

 On other land ewe 23
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 2.05
Pigs:

 Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 153

 Porker head 3.78

 Cutter head 6.73

 Bacon head 9.10
Poultry:

 Laying hens bird 1.80

 Broilers bird 0.22

 Point-of-lay pullets bird 0.43

 Turkeys bird 1.93
2. Farm arable crops
Barley hectare 396
Beans hectare 153
Herbage seed hectare 270
Linseed hectare 241
Oats hectare 330
Oilseed rape hectare 382
Peas:

 Dried hectare 197

 Vining hectare 290
Potatoes:

 First early hectare 1204

 Maincrop (including seed) hectare 1124
Sugar Beet hectare 533
Wheat hectare 438
3. Set-aside
 hectare 83
4. Outdoor horticultural crops
Broad beans hectare 478
Brussels sprouts hectare 1287
Cabbage, savoys and sprouting broccoli hectare 1531
Carrots hectare 2146
Cauli|fl|ower and winter broccoli hectare 1050
Celery hectare 4390
Leeks hectare 3112
Lettuce hectare 3444
Onions:

 Dry bulb hectare 1851

 Salad hectare 4000
Outdoor bulbs hectare 1919
Parsnips hectare 2124
Rhubarb (natural) hectare 2807
Turnips and swedes hectare 1183
5. Protected crops
Forced narcissi 1000 square metres 8400
Forced tulips 1000 square metres 6471
Mushrooms 1000 square metres 11861
6. Orchard fruit
Apples:

 Cider hectare 531

 Cooking hectare 1265

 Dessert hectare 1350
Cherries hectare 1403
Pears hectare 1058
Plums hectare 981
7. Soft fruit
Blackcurrants hectare 1025
Gooseberries hectare 1586
Raspberries hectare 2892
Strawberries hectare 2833
8. Miscellaneous
Hops hectare 2100
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE
Article 2(3)
Note to column 1

Notes to column 3











