# The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2024, 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
-24.00
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 hectare:
moorland
Hectare
-13.40
severely disadvantaged land, excluding moorland
Hectare
117.40
disadvantaged land
Hectare
13.90
all other land
Hectare
-66.20

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/30/schedule (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-units-of-production-england-order-2024/schedule
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

