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The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1987

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1987-08-13
State In force
Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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Made: 13th August 1987

Laid before Parliament: 21st August 1987

Coming into force: 12th September 1987

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England and the Secretary of State in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

Prescribed units of production

2

There is hereby prescribed in relation to each agricultural enterprise relating to agricultural land specified in column 1 of the Schedule the unit of production specified opposite that enterprise in column 2 of the Schedule, being a unit designed for the assessment of the productive capacity of such land.

Amount of net annual income from prescribed units of production

3

In relation to any unit of production prescribed in this Order the amount which is to be regarded for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (definition of “commercial unit of agricultural land”) as the net annual income from that unit for the period 12th September 1987 to 11th September 1988 inclusive shall be the sum specified opposite that unit of production in column 3 of the Schedule.

Revocation

4

The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1986[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — PRESCRIBED UNITS OF PRODUCTION AND DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL INCOME

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Enterprise Unit of Production Net annual income from unit of production
£
1. Livestock 1. Livestock 1. Livestock
Dairy cows:
Channel Islands breeds cow 145
Other breeds cow 175
Beef breeding cows:
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1984[^f00003] which is severely disadvantaged land or disadvantaged land cow 62
On other land cow 48
Beef fattening cattle (intensive) average head [^f00004] 37
Dairy replacements average head [^f00004] 53
Other cattle average head [^f00004] 37
Calves fattened for veal head 19
Ewes:
On eligible land under the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) Regulations 1984 which is severely disadvantaged land or disadvantaged land ewe 8
On other land ewe 9
Store lambs (including ewe lambs sold as shearlings) head 2
Goats (Dairy) goat 63
Pigs:
Sows and gilts in pig sow or gilt 75
Porker head 4
Cutter head 5
Bacon head 6
Poultry:
Laying hens hen 1.35
Broilers chick purchased 0.16
Capons chick purchased 0.75
Point-of-lay pullets chick purchased 0.26
Turkeys chick purchased 1
Ducks chick purchased 0.48
Rabbits doe 12
2. Farm arable crops 2. Farm arable crops 2. Farm arable crops
Barley hectare 120
Beans or peas — stockfeed hectare 125
Herbage seed hectare 125
Linseed hectare 98
Mixed corn hectare 100
Oats hectare 110
Oilseed rape hectare 180
Other oilseeds hectare 100
Peas:
Dried hectare 140
Vining hectare 165
Potatoes:
First early hectare 570
Maincrop (including seed) hectare 620
Rye hectare 110
Sugar Beet hectare 230
Wheat hectare 150
Other arable crops hectare 250
3. Outdoor horticultural crops 3. Outdoor horticultural crops 3. Outdoor horticultural crops
Asparagus hectare 1110
Beans:
Broad hectare 500
French hectare 280
Runner hectare 1880
Beetroot hectare 820
Brussels sprouts hectare 830
Cabbage, Savoys and sprouting broccoli hectare 810
Carrots hectare 910
Cauliflower and winter broccoli hectare 930
Celery hectare 3250
Leeks hectare 1970
Lettuce hectare 1750
Nursery stock:
Container grown 1000 square metres 2185
Field grown hectare 2850
Onions:
Dry bulb hectare 900
Salad hectare 2590
Outdoor bulbs hectare 1090
Parsnips hectare 890
Rhubarb — natural hectare 2180
Turnips and swedes hectare 390
Watercress 1000 square metres 1610
Other outdoor horticultural crops 1000 square metres 150
4. Protected crops 4. Protected crops 4. Protected crops
Single crop cycle:
Heated ornamentals 1000 square metres 4520
Fully heated vegetable (approximately 22°C lift in temperature) 1000 square metres 3140
Forced narcissus 1000 square metres 2070
Forced tulips 1000 square metres 3340
Mushrooms 1000 square metres 4410
Other single crops 1000 square metres 2940
Crop sequences:
Heated (approximately 18°C lift in temperature) 1000 square metres 2230
Heat assisted (approximately 8°C lift in temperature) 1000 square metres 1700
Unheated 1000 square metres 1260
5. Orchard fruit 5. Orchard fruit 5. Orchard fruit
Apples:
Cider hectare 250
Cooking hectare 670
Dessert hectare 750
Cherries hectare 630
Pears hectare 720
Plums hectare 440
Other orchard fruit hectare 640
6. Soft fruit 6. Soft fruit 6. Soft fruit
Blackcurrants hectare 570
Gooseberries hectare 750
Raspberries hectare 1760
Strawberries hectare 2160
Other soft fruit hectare 1450
7. Miscellaneous 7. Miscellaneous 7. Miscellaneous
Bees colony 16
Deer breeding hind 20
Hops hectare 1000
Trout — for table tonne sold 310
Vines hectare 360

Signed

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 13th August 1987.

John MacGregor — Wyn Roberts — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — Minister of State, Welsh Office — 8th August 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes units of production for various enterprises relating to agricultural land and sets out the amount which is to be regarded as the net annual income from each such unit for the year 12th September 1987 to 11th September 1988 inclusive. (These units of production, so far as relevant to the assessment of the productive capacity of a unit of agricultural land, are to be used, in conjunction with the net annual income ascribed to those units of production, in calculating the net annual income of the unit of land when assessing whether that unit of land is a commercial unit of agricultural land for the purposes of the succession provisions in Part IV of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986. A commercial unit of agricultural land is defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to that Act by reference to the production of a net annual income from the unit of not less than the average annual earnings of two full-time, male agricultural workers aged 20 or over. Figures are published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as representing the average annual earnings for one such worker.)

The Order revokes and replaces the Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) Order 1986.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1986 c. 5.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1986/1256.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1984/2024, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

[^f00004]: An average head represents one animal (irrespective of age) kept for 12 months. In the case of an animal kept for less than 12 months a pro-rata adjustment of the net annual income should be made.

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