|
Land Quality |
Description |
|
|
5 |
Excellent |
Highest agricultural
value, heavy in composition producing fodder for intensive Dairying,
Livestock production with some Tillage practised. |
|
4 |
Good / Above Average |
Medium Loams used for
both Tillage and livestock production. |
|
3 |
Average |
A mixture of heavy and
medium with traces of peat suitable for Livestock and Tillage. Productivity
would be reduced in comparison to the two categories above. |
|
2 |
Below Average |
These soils are a
mixture of poorly drained peat and rocky contours with a minimum of soil
cover. Agricultural value very poor and confined forestry and light grazing. |
|
1 |
Bad |
Rocky unmanageable
land producing little grass only suitable for grazing by sheep. |
|
0 |
Not Suitable |
Mountainous with a
high composition of rock unsuitable for any production. |
The following figures are
guidelines, which are regularly used in farm planning. The relative profitability of individual
farms varies considerably and the figures used in this document may well vary
and will not be applicable to every farm in the concerned area. Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy has
resulted in a few fundamental changes in the way farming is carried out in
Ireland. Most recently Agenda 2000 has
secured substantial increases in Livestock and Arable direct payments. These direct payments represented about 50%
of farmers income in 1998, and this figure will increase over the lifetime of
Agenda 2000.
Table A14.2.1.1 - Suckling
Systems Including Premia (Non-Disadvantaged Areas)
|
|
Gross Margin (£.per ha) |
|||||
|
Level of Performance |
Poor |
Moderate |
Good |
V. Good |
Excellent |
|
|
Single suckling
selling seanlings |
294 |
361 |
427 |
488 |
598 |
|
|
Single suckling
selling yearlings |
270 |
363 |
416 |
471 |
596 |
|
|
Single suckling
selling 1.5 year olds |
289 |
367 |
421 |
478 |
560 |
|
|
Single suckling to
Beef |
- |
345 |
424 |
493 |
563 |
|
|
Forage area required
for basic premia exceeds adjusted areas required for production |
||||||
|
Premia |
Suckler Cow Premium |
£147.39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
EU Beef Premium Steers |
£96.08 |
|
|
|
|
Table A14.2.1.2 - Suckling
Systems Including Premia (Disadvantaged Areas)
|
|
Gross Margin (£ per
ha) |
|||||
|
Level of Performance |
Poor |
Moderate |
Good |
V. Good |
Excellent |
|
|
Single suckling
selling seanlings |
383 |
451 |
|
|
689 |
|
|
Single suckling selling
yearlings |
360 |
452 |
|
|
687 |
|
|
Single suckling
selling 1.5 year olds |
375 |
456 |
|
|
680 |
|
|
Single suckling to
Beef |
- |
431 |
|
|
652 |
|
|
Forage area required
for basic premia exceeds adjusted areas required for production |
||||||
|
Premia |
Suckler Cow Premium |
£147.39 |
|
|
||
|
|
EU Beef Premium Steers |
£96.08 |
|
|
||
|
|
Beef cow scheme/Beef
Cow headage |
£80 |
|
|
||
Note: Headage of suckler
cow is included in above budges at £80 per cow (average of severely and less severely
handicapped area) subject to limit of £89.62/ha
Table A14.2.1.3 - Other
Beef Systems Including Premia
|
|
Gross Margin (£ per
ha) |
||||
|
Level of Performance |
Poor |
Moderate |
Good |
V. Good |
Excellent |
|
Calf to 2 years-Steers |
243 |
309 |
451 |
484 |
548 |
|
Calf to
Yearling-Steers |
205 |
292 |
427 |
501 |
627 |
|
Calf to 1.5
years-Steers |
237 |
310 |
420 |
466 |
552 |
|
Calf to 2.5
years-Steers |
277 |
283 |
356 |
457 |
541 |
|
Calf to 2 years-Steers |
221 |
287 |
317 |
431 |
503 |
|
Winter Finishing
Steers |
|
300 |
414 |
509 |
563 |
|
Winter Finishing
Heifers |
|
0 |
122 |
246 |
364 |
|
Store to Beef
(Aut/Aut)-Steers |
|
300 |
348 |
435 |
556 |
|
Store to Beef
(Spring/Spring) Steers |
|
187 |
249 |
331 |
452 |
|
Summer Grazing Steers |
|
114 |
167 |
264 |
348 |
|
Forage area required
for basic premia exceeds adjusted areas required for production |
|||||
Notes: Full Basic 9 and 21
month premia paid on steers in above budgets except summer grazing and winter
finishing
Combining heifers with
steers may allow steers to qualify for extensification premia; the effect on
overall farm gross margin will depend on relative profitability of steers and
heifers.
The above figures are on a per ha basis and obviously a greater insight
could be achieved by knowing individual farm size.
Milk production in Ireland is predominantly based on spring calving
systems. This is because of the milk
pricing strategy adopted by industry and also because grazed grass, which is a
low cost feed, makes a major contribution to the feed budget of dairy cows.
However, based on
production figures for spring and winter milk production systems, higher
profitability can be attained by autumn calving for the production of milk for the
liquid milk market. The following tables give a brief outline of profitability
in producing creamery (processing) milk and liquid (table) milk.
Table A14.2.2.1 - Creamery
Milk:
|
|
Gross margin (£ per
cow). |
|||||
|
Litres/Cow |
3637 |
4091 |
4546 |
5000 |
5455 |
5828 |
|
Total Output (£) |
748 |
833 |
913 |
998 |
1083 |
1168 |
|
Stocking Rate (ha/cow) |
0.49 |
0.45 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
|
Total Variable Costs
(£/cow) |
236 |
257 |
283 |
303 |
317 |
331 |
|
Gross Margin per Cow
(£/cow) |
512 |
576 |
630 |
695 |
766 |
837 |
|
The guideline gross
margin is influenced by yield (3637-5928 litres/cow) and stocking rate
(0.49-0.40 ha/cow) |
||||||
Table A14.2.2.2 - Liquid
Milk
|
|
Gross margin (£ per
cow) |
|||||
|
Litres/Cow |
3637 |
4091 |
4546 |
5000 |
5455 |
5828 |
|
Total Output (£) |
812 |
905 |
993 |
1086 |
1179 |
1272 |
|
Stocking Rate (ha/cow) |
0.49 |
0.45 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
|
Total Variable Costs
(£/cow) |
280 |
311 |
341 |
369 |
381 |
393 |
|
Gross Margin per Cow
(£/cow) |
532 |
594 |
652 |
717 |
798 |
879 |
|
The guideline gross
margin is influenced by yield (3637-5928 litres/cow) and stocking rate
(0.49-0.40 ha/cow) |
||||||
The above tables take into
account all main variable costs. These figures
do not take into account fixed costs.
Fixed costs would vary considerably from farm to farm and from system to
system. The above systems presume sale
of all calves with the exception of herd replacements.
Table A14.2.3.1 - Early
Lamb Production-lambs sold before the end of May
|
Gross Output/ewe |
Moderate |
Good |
Very Good |
Excellent |
|
Total Output (£/ewe) |
56.70 |
67.00 |
77.30 |
85.00 |
|
Total Variable Costs
(£/ewe) |
29.90 |
35.00 |
39.30 |
42.50 |
|
Gross Margin per ewe
(excl. premia) Non Disadvantaged
areas Disadvantaged areas Total
non-disadvantaged area Total disadvantaged
areas |
26.80 18.00 23.51 44.80 50.31 |
32.00 18.00 23.51 50.00 55.51 |
38.00 18.00 23.51 56.00 61.51 |
42.50 18.00 23.51 60.50 66.01 |
These figures do not
include headage payments which are payable on hogget ewes in less severely
disadvantaged areas and on all ewes in severely disadvantaged areas, up to a
limit of 200 ewes.
Table A14.2.3.2 - Mid
Season Lamb Production.
|
Gross Output / Ewe |
Poor |
Moderate |
Good |
V. Good |
Excellent |
|
Total Output |
£34.70 |
£42.70 |
£50.55 |
£54.55 |
£58.50 |
|
Total Variable Costs |
£17.70 |
£20.60 |
£22.55 |
£24.55 |
£26.00 |
|
Margin Per Ewe
(Excluding Premia) Premium Approx Non Disadvantaged Premium Disadvantaged
Area Total Disadvantaged
Area Total Non
Disadvantaged Area |
£17.00 £180 £23.51 £40.51 £35.51 |
£22.00 £18.00 £23.51 £45.51 £40.00 |
£28.00 £18.00 £23.51 £51.51 £46.00 |
£30.00 £18.00 £23.51 £53.51 £48.00 |
£32.50 £18.00 £23.51 £56.01 £50.50 |
This production system is
totally open to the vicissitudes of market conditions. Gross margins vary too much in order to
apply meaningful values.
Table A14.2.5.1 - Cereals.
|
|
Gross Margin £ / ha |
||||||
|
Tonne/ha |
Wheat |
Feed Barley |
Malting Barley |
Feed Oats |
|||
|
|
Winter |
Spring |
Winter |
Spring |
|
Winter |
Spring |
|
4.9 |
22.24 |
177.91 |
118.61 |
227.33 |
306.40 |
143.32 |
197.68 |
|
6.2 |
123.55 |
294.04 |
214.98 |
323.7 |
420.07 |
239.69 |
294.05 |
|
6.8 |
175.44 |
350.88 |
261.93 |
370.65 |
476.90 |
286.63 |
340.99 |
|
7.4 |
224.86 |
410.19 |
3087 |
417.60 |
533.73 |
333.58 |
387.95 |
|
8.0 |
276.75 |
467.02 |
355.83 |
464.55 |
590.57 |
380.65 |
434.90 |
|
8.6 |
326.17 |
526.32 |
405.24 |
513.97 |
647.40 |
429.95 |
|
|
9.3 |
378.06 |
583.16 |
452.19 |
|
|
469.49 |
|
|
9.9 |
427.48 |
|
499.14 |
|
|
|
|
Table A14.2.5.2 - Sugar
Beet.
|
Gross Margin £ / ha |
|
|
Tonne / ha |
£ |
|
34.6 |
289.10 |
|
39.5 |
481.84 |
|
44.5 |
674.58 |
|
49.4 |
687.32 |
|
54.4 |
1060.06 |
Table A14.3.1 - Impact on
Agricultural Land – Green Route
|
Route Options |
Landtake (Ha) (Assumes
50m width) |
Length (Km) |
Average Land Quality |
|
Green |
|
|
|
|
Node 1 to 2 |
7.54 |
1.508 |
1.7 |
|
Node 2 to 3 |
1.60 |
0.320 |
1.0 |
|
Node 3 to 4 |
33.87 |
6.775 |
2.2 |
|
Node 4 to 6 |
40.64 |
8.128 |
2.6 |
|
Node 6 to 9 |
31.03 |
6.206 |
3.3 |
|
Node 9 to 14 |
79.72 |
15.945 |
4.2 |
|
Node 14 to 16 |
10.47 |
2.094 |
4.0 |
Table A14.3.2 - Impact on
Agricultural Land – Yellow Route
|
Route Options |
Landtake (Ha) (Assumes
50m width) |
Length (Km) |
Average Land Quality |
|
Yellow |
|
|
|
|
Node 1 to 2 |
2.95 |
0.590 |
1.7 |
|
Node 2 to 3 |
2.57 |
0.515 |
1.0 |
|
Node 3 to 3a |
18.81 |
3.762 |
1.9 |
|
Node 3a to 5 |
44.01 |
8.802 |
1.4 |
|
Node 5 to 6 |
15.21 |
3.041 |
3.0 |
|
Node 6 to 7 |
8.99 |
1.799 |
3.0 |
|
Node 7 to 7a |
5.58 |
1.116 |
3.0 |
|
Node 7a to 8 |
31.05 |
5.174 |
2.7 |
|
Node 8 to 11 |
31.39 |
5.231 |
3.8 |
|
Node 11 to 12 |
54.52 |
9.087 |
3.3 |
|
Node 12 to 15 |
24.89 |
4.148 |
3.8 |
|
Node 15 to 16 |
2.62 |
0.437 |
4.0 |
Table A14.3.3 - Impact on
Agricultural Land – Red Route
|
Route Options |
Landtake (Ha) (Assumes
50m width) |
Length (Km) |
Average Land Quality |
|
Red |
|
|
|
|
Node 7 to 7b |
5.42 |
1.085 |
3.0 |
|
Node 7b to 13 |
47.46 |
9.492 |
2.8 |
|
Node 13 to 14 |
45.79 |
9.158 |
4.1 |
Table A14.3.4 - Impact on
Agricultural Land – Blue Route
|
Route Options |
Landtake (Ha) (Assumes
60m width) |
Length (Km) |
Average Land Quality |
|
Blue |
|
|
|
|
Node 7b to 10 |
48.25 |
8.042 |
2.9 |
|
Node 10 to 11 |
7.57 |
1.261 |
3.0 |
|
Node 11 to 12a |
63.61 |
10.602 |
3.0 |
|
Node 12a to 15 |
17.80 |
2.967 |
3.2 |
Table A14.3.5 - Impact on
Agricultural Land – Links
|
Route Options |
Landtake (Ha) |
Length (Km) |
Average Land Quality |
|
L/01 |
(Assumes 50m width) |
|
|
|
Node 4 to 5 |
27.63 |
5.527 |
1.9 |
|
L/03 |
(Assumes 50m width) |
|
|
|
Node 9 to 13 |
32.32 |
6.465 |
4.1 |
|
L/0 4 |
(Assumes 60m width) |
|
|
|
Node 8 to 10 |
23.01 |
3.835 |
3.0 |
|
L/06 |
(Assumes 60m width) |
|
|
|
Node 12 to 12a |
8.69 |
1.449 |
3.5 |