{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-calculation-of-value-for-compensation-regulations-1978/schedule-1/paragraph-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-calculation-of-value-for-compensation-regulations-1978/schedule-1/paragraph-II.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/809",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-calculation-of-value-for-compensation-regulations-1978",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/II",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Bulky organic manures brought on to the holding:\nSubject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below, the values of bulky organic manures brought on and applied to the holding shall be in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) below:—\n(1) Farmyard manure:\n(a) Where no payment was made for the manure and—\n(i) no crop has been taken from the land since the manure was applied, the value shall be the cost of delivery and application;\n(ii) one crop or more has been taken from the land since the manure was applied, the value shall be, after the first growing season, one-half,\nTABLE 3\nUnit Value of Potash (K2O) in one per cent of a tonne of fertiliser\nAfter\nType of crops to which fertiliser applied\nONE\nTWO\nTHREE\ngrowing seasons\np\np\np\n1. Applied to arable crops (except forage crops) and all root crops where tops are left on the land, except potatoes (see also 4 below)\n66\n33\nnil\n2. Applied to leys, permanent grassland or forage crops which are grazed or the product cut and fed on the holding\n66\n33\nnil\n3. Applied to leys and permanent grassland the product of which is cut and removed from the holding\nnil\nnil\nnil\n4. Applied to roots (including potatoes) and forage crops which are removed from the holding\nnil\nnil\nnil\nand after the second growing season, one-quarter, of the cost of delivery and application, and thereafter, nil;\n(b) Where payment was made for the manure and—\n(i) no crop has been taken from the land since the manure was applied, the value shall be the cost of the manure as applied to the land (including the cost of delivery and application);\n(ii) one crop or more has been taken from the land since the manure was applied, the value shall be, after the first growing season, one-half, and after the second growing season, one-quarter, of the said cost, and thereafter, nil:\nProvided that the value of any type of manure specified in Table 4 below shall not exceed the value specified in relation to that type in the appropriate circumstances set out in that Table.\nTABLE 4\nValue per tonne of purchased farmyard manure\nType of manure\nNo crop off\nAfter one growing season\nAfter two growing seasons\nAfter three growing seasons\np\np\np\np\nCattle (FYM)\n430\n215\n108\nnil\nHorse (stable manure)\n490\n245\n123\nnil\nPig (FYM)\n475\n238\n119\nnil\nPoultry (deep litter)\n980\n490\n245\nnil\nPoultry (broiler manure)\n1,165\n583\n291\nnil\n(2) Slurry:\nWhere manure is brought on and applied to the land in the form of slurry, the value shall be the reasonable cost of cartage (if any) and application.\n(3) No compensation shall be payable under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above in respect of the excess (if any) of the rates of application set out in the second column below in relation to the type of bulky organic manure specified in the first column below:—\nBulky Organic Manure\n(1)\n(2)\nType applied\nApplication per hectare per annum\nCattle, horse or pig manure\n50 tonnes\nDeep litter poultry manure\n18 tonnes\nBroiler poultry manure\n12.5 tonnes\n(4) No value shall be given to, and no compensation shall be payable in respect of, any purchased manure applied to land during the last year of the tenancy after the last crop was removed from that land unless such application was made at the written request, or with the written consent, of the landlord.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1980/751",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1980"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1980/751",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1980"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1983/1475",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1983"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1983/1475",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1983"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1981/822",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1981"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1981/822",
      "affecting_title": "The Agriculture (Calculation of Value for Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations 1981"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/809/schedule/1/paragraph/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:34:28.087777+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}