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(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 12th September 1998.
(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 in force 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 organisation 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) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article have 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., as is mentioned in any of the entries 1 to 7 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 1998, 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) Where land capable, when farmed under competent management, of producing a net annual income is designated as set aside land, as is mentioned in entry 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 1998, 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.
(4) The Schedule has effect subject to the Notes to the Schedule.
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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1997 is revoked.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
8th August 1998Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
6th August 1998
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 269
Other breeds cow 314
Beef breeding cows:
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 cow 49
On other land cow 40
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive) head 66
Dairy replacements head 54
Ewes:
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 ewe 25
On other land ewe 26
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 0.87
Pigs:
Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 135
Porker head 3.17
Cutter head 5.74
Bacon head 7.98
Poultry:
Laying hens bird 1.47
Broilers bird 0.18
Point-of-lay pullets bird 0.39
Turkeys bird 1.75
2. Farm arable crops
Barley hectare 246
Beans hectare 115
Herbage seed hectare 238
Linseed hectare 172
Oats hectare 197
Oilseed rape hectare 294
Peas:
Dried hectare 103
Vining hectare 257
Potatoes:
First early hectare 675
Maincrop (including seed) hectare 833
Sugar Beet hectare 398
Wheat hectare 353
3. Outdoor horticultural crops
Broad beans hectare 386
Brussels sprouts hectare 1406
Cabbage, savoys and sprouting broccoli hectare 1631
Carrots hectare 2136
Cauliflower and winter broccoli hectare 976
Celery hectare 5891
Leeks hectare 3004
Lettuce hectare 3800
Onions:
Dry bulb hectare 989
Salad hectare 4174
Outdoor bulbs hectare 1735
Parsnips hectare 2480
Rhubarb (natural) hectare 2815
Turnips and swedes hectare 1172
4. Protected crops
Forced narcissi 1000 square metres 9425
Forced tulips 1000 square metres 7075
Mushrooms 1000 square metres 11868
5. Orchard fruit
Apples:
Cider hectare 603
Cooking hectare 1412
Dessert hectare 1378
Cherries hectare 1297
Pears hectare 1100
Plums hectare 1030
6. Soft fruit
Blackcurrants hectare 1093
Gooseberries hectare 1579
Raspberries hectare 2974
Stawberries hectare 3093
7. Miscellaneous
Hops hectare 1800
8. Set-aside
 hectare 66
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE
Article 2(4)
Note to column 1

Notes to column 3











