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(1) This Order may be cited as the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 12th September 2000.
(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 2467/98” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2467/98 on the common organisation of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat;
 “Council Regulation 1251/99” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1251/99 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops;
 “Council Regulation 1254/99” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1254/99 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal.
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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 situated in England, 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 or miscellaneous product 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 2000, 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 2000, 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) (England) Order 1999 is hereby revoked.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
24th July 2000
SCHEDULE
Article 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 Island breeds cow 250
Other breeds cow 308
Beef breeding cows:
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1996 cow 52
On other land cow 43
Beef fattening cattle (semi-intensive) head 45
Dairy replacements head 30
Ewes:
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances)Regulations 1996 ewe 16
On other land ewe 18
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 0.87
Pigs:
Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 70
Porker head 1.60
Cutter head 2.90
Bacon head 4.10
Poultry:
Laying hens bird 0.90
Broilers bird 0.10
Point-of-lay pullets bird 0.20
Christmas Turkeys bird 1.44
2. Farm arable crops
Barley hectare 112
Beans hectare 113
Herbage seed hectare 155
Linseed hectare 62
Oats hectare 137
Oilseed rape hectare 121
Peas:
Dried hectare 143
Vining hectare 237
Potatoes:
First early hectare 675
Maincrop (including seed) hectare 705
Sugar Beet hectare 288
Wheat hectare 179
3. Outdoor horticultural crops
Broad beans hectare 391
Brussels sprouts hectare 1525
Cabbage, savoys and sprouting broccoli hectare 1665
Carrots hectare 2385
Cauliflower and winter broccoli hectare 1040
Celery hectare 7545
Leeks hectare 3070
Lettuce hectare 3950
Onions:
Dry bulb hectare 1305
Salad hectare 4263
Outdoor bulbs hectare 1682
Parsnips hectare 2591
Rhubarb (natural) hectare 3750
Turnips and swedes hectare 1400
4. Protected crops
Forced narcissi 1,000 square metres 7225
Forced tulips 1,000 square metres 6790
5. Orchard fruit
Apples:
Cider hectare 495
Cooking hectare 1275
Dessert hectare 1360
Cherries hectare 1085
Pears hectare 1140
Plums hectare 1180
6. Soft fruit
Blackcurrants hectare 840
Raspberries hectare 2865
Strawberries hectare 3760
7. Miscellaneous
Hops hectare 1850

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Set-aside hectare 26
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE
Article 2(4)
Note to column 1













