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 | -24.00f1 | |
| Dairy replacements | Head | 154.00 | |
| 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 hectaref2: | moorland | Hectare | -13.40 |
| severely disadvantaged land, excluding moorland | Hectare | 117.40 | |
| disadvantaged land | Hectare | 13.90 | |
| all other land | Hectare | -66.20 | |
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
(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.
- f2
(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.