# The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2001, Part I: CALCULATION OF LIVESTOCK UNITS (“LU”)


For Small Milk Producers and Non-Dairy Farmers:
Number of Suckler Cows claimed and eligible for SCPS 2000
X 1.0 = A LU
For Dairy farmers (excluding small milk producers eligible for SCPS 2000):
Number of Suckler Cows and heifers over 24 months
X 1.0 = B1 LU
Number of heifers over 8 months and up to including 24 months
X 0.6 = B2 LU
For Ring-fenced dairy farmers:
Litres of Milk Quota
/ 5730 = C LU
For all claimants
Number of Breeding Ewes claimed and eligible for SAPS for 2000
X 0.15 = D LU
Number of Breeding Female Goats
X 0.15 = E LU
Number of Breeding Female Alpaca
X 0.3 = F LU
Number of Breeding Female Deer
X 0.6 = G LU

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/50/schedule/4/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/less-favoured-area-support-scheme-scotland-regulations-2001/schedule-4/part-I
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