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TABLE B6. Lowland cattle and sheep farms

3. All sizes Farm Business Income ( per farm)

Number of farms in sample 45 45

Average business size (ESU) 45 44

OUTPUTS 2010/11 2009/10

Dairy 6,600 5,469Other cattle 35,302 38,594

Sheep 35,257 31,128

Other livestock 1,462 1,319

Main crops 11,410 9,052

By-products, forage and cultivations 6,131 3,244

Miscellaneous 3,607 5,545

Single Payment Scheme 29,008 30,496

Tir Mynydd and environmental payments 4,017 4,003

TOTAL OUTPUTS 132,794 128,850

INPUTSFeeds - purchased concentrates 12,618 9,885

- homegrown concentrates 5,023 3,414

Coarse fodder, tack and stock keep 2,050 1,853

Veterinary and medicines 2,829 2,693

Other livestock costs 8,291 7,684

Seeds - purchased and homegrown 1,499 1,839

Fertilisers 7,812 6,786

Other crop costs 6,589 6,950

Labour - paid 3,320 3,201

- unpaid 4,922 4,788- casual 785 774

Machinery - contract 724 61

- repairs 3,538 3,795

- fuels 5,577 4,296

- depreciation 11,547 10,140

General farming costs 10,506 9,647

Land expenses 3,988 3,727

Rent 5,374 4,705

Rental value 10,546 9,471

TOTAL INPUTS 107,538 95,709

NET FARM INCOME (excluding BLSA) 25,256 33,141

Plus :

Unpaid labour (excludes farmer and spouse) 4,922 4,788

Imputed property costs 10,390 9,315

Non-agricultural output 0 0

Less :

Interest charges 1,679 1,417

Ownership charges 3,592 2,929

FARM BUSINESS INCOM 35,297 42,898

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TABLE B6. Lowland cattle and sheep farms

3. All sizes (continued)

INCOME MEASURES - per farm 2010/11 2009/10

NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA) 25,256 33,141

minus manual labour of farmer & spouse 16,936 16,263

plus managerial input of paid managers 0 0MANAGEMENT & INVESTMENT INCOM 8,320 16,878

NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA) 25,256 33,141

plus net rental value/imputed rent 10,546 9,471

minus occupier's expenses 174 162

minus interest payments 1,679 1,417

minus buildings & works depreciation 3,733 3,106

OCCUPIER'S NET INCOME 30,216 37,927

plus other imputed charges 5,078 4,943

plus fixed asset depreciation 14,417 13,247minus valuation changes 4,381 11,898

CASH INCOME 45,330 44,219

LAND UTILISATION - hectares per farm

Cereals 9.84 11.00

Roots, fodder and other crops 5.42 5.56

Grassland - hay 7.03 6.96

- silage 18.48 20.11

- pasture 59.52 53.92Fallow and land let 2.07 1.46

Rough grazing - sole 2.53 2.24

Bare land and forage hired 8.12 8.25

Woods, roads and buildings 3.70 3.70

TOTAL AREA (actual hectares) 116.71 113.20

TOTAL AREA (effective hectares) 109.34 106.73

Rough grazing - common (effective hectares) 9.95 9.95

TENANT'S CAPITAL - per farm

Machinery 78,444 75,056Livestock 96,111 91,889

Crops 7,555 8,108

Stores 2,935 2,353

TOTAL 185,045 177,406

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

Milk yield per cow (litres) 4,681 5,037

Milk sales per cow () 1,116 1,009

Margin over concentrates per cow () 832 774Milk price (pence per litre) 24.60 20.68

Lambs reared per ewe (numbers) 1.40 1.41

Finished lamb sales per ewe (numbers) 1.38 1.40

Stocking rate (grazing LU per eff.ha.) 1.33 1.34

Return on tenant's capital (%) 4.50 9.51

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TABLE B6. Lowland cattle and sheep farms

3. All sizes (continued)

LIVESTOCK CARRIED - per farm

Average number Livestock Units

2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10

Dairy cattle 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.3

Beef cows 19.9 19.9 14.9 14.9Other cattle 107.5 109.5 62.3 63.0

Breeding sheep 404.2 386.8 32.3 30.9

Other sheep 323.3 312.8 13.1 13.0

Other livestock 14.6 9.5

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - per farm

OWNER OCCUPIED TENANTED MIXED TENURE

2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10

Number of farms 21 21 5 5 19 19

Average farm size - ESU 33.8 34.3 N/A N/A 60.0 58.9

- actual ha. 87.78 87.13 145.40 140.12

- eff. ha. 75.62 76.89 141.93 136.65

ASSETS

Agricultural land 476,919 467,568 626,676 542,124

Woodland 9,640 9,450 2,971 2,913

Buildings 30,637 19,853 26,969 24,814Improvements 2,956 3,004 13,044 13,597

Machinery 72,948 69,211 90,355 87,024

Livestock 71,657 71,875 131,084 121,692

Crops, forage and cultivations 5,794 5,030 10,427 13,007

Milk quota 104 137 109 143

Single Payment Scheme value 46,808 53,390 62,395 72,217

Stores 2,764 2,707 3,865 2,510

Credit balances 18,211 16,985 22,989 15,206

TOTAL 738,438 719,210 990,884 895,247

EXTERNAL LIABILITIES

Long and medium term loans 5,041 6,333 132,121 47,427

Other short term loans 5,913 5,347 6,819 6,553

Overdrafts 13,088 14,750 21,567 19,144

TOTAL 24,042 26,430 160,507 73,124

NET WORTH 714,396 692,780 830,377 822,123

Owner equity (%) 97 96 84 92

N/A - liabilities and assets results are not shown when the sub-samples by tenure have less than 5 farms.

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TABLE B5. Upland cattle and sheep farms

4. All sizes Farm Business Income ( per farm)

Number of farms in sample 84 84

Average business size (ESU) 35 35

OUTPUTS 2010/11 2009/10

Other cattle 30,616 34,927

Sheep 41,963 37,995

Other livestock 812 1,117

Main crops 3,103 2,025

By-products, forage and cultivations 2,315 2,267

Miscellaneous 9,232 7,580

Single Payment Scheme 30,524 32,500

Tir Mynydd and environmental payments 5,633 6,490

TOTAL OUTPUTS 124,198 124,901

INPUTSFeeds - purchased concentrates 12,453 11,815

- homegrown concentrates 1,543 1,331

Coarse fodder, tack and stock keep 3,950 3,331

Veterinary and medicines 4,023 3,978

Other livestock costs 7,086 5,989

Seeds - purchased and homegrown 817 878

Fertilisers 8,125 7,776

Other crop costs 4,944 5,937

Labour - paid 2,118 1,682

- unpaid 5,516 5,360- casual 1,951 1,913

Machinery - contract 1,124 200

- repairs 4,827 4,575

- fuels 6,099 5,220

- depreciation 10,945 9,770

General farming costs 8,705 8,549

Land expenses 4,702 4,250

Rent 3,822 3,539

Rental value 12,029 11,484

TOTAL INPUTS 104,779 97,577

NET FARM INCOME (excluding BLSA) 19,419 27,324

Plus :

Unpaid labour (excludes farmer and spouse) 5,516 5,360

Imputed property costs 11,953 11,436

Non-agricultural output 0 0

Less :

Interest charges 1,687 1,937

Ownership charges 3,249 2,985

FARM BUSINESS INCOM 31,952 39,198

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TABLE B5. Upland cattle and sheep farms

4. All sizes (continued)

INCOME MEASURES - per farm 2010/11 2009/10

NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA) 19,419 27,324

minus manual labour of farmer & spouse 18,450 18,209

plus managerial input of paid managers 0 0MANAGEMENT & INVESTMENT INCOM 969 9,115

NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA) 19,419 27,324

plus net rental value/imputed rent 12,029 11,484

minus occupier's expenses 187 194

minus interest payments 1,687 1,937

minus buildings & works depreciation 3,516 3,282

OCCUPIER'S NET INCOME 26,058 33,395

plus other imputed charges 5,611 5,443

plus fixed asset depreciation 14,395 13,052minus valuation changes 4,979 10,485

CASH INCOME 41,085 41,405

LAND UTILISATION - hectares per farm

Cereals 2.61 2.68

Roots, fodder and other crops 1.68 2.56

Grassland - hay 3.28 2.85

- silage 26.53 26.08

- pasture 71.71 70.03Fallow and land let 1.02 1.80

Rough grazing - sole 4.30 4.30

Bare land and forage hired 11.07 11.14

Woods, roads and buildings 3.57 3.57

TOTAL AREA (actual hectares) 125.77 125.01

TOTAL AREA (effective hectares) 118.20 116.66

Rough grazing - common (effective hectares) 2.03 2.03

TENANT'S CAPITAL - per farm

Machinery 74,850 71,329Livestock 94,004 91,282

Crops 4,749 4,258

Stores 3,842 2,321

TOTAL 177,445 169,190

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

Lambs reared per ewe (numbers) 1.37 1.34

Finished lamb sales per ewe (numbers) 1.30 1.25

Stocking rate (grazing LU per eff.ha.) 1.15 1.16Return on tenant's capital (%) 0.55 5.39

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TABLE B5. Upland cattle and sheep farms

4. All sizes (continued)

LIVESTOCK CARRIED - per farm

Average number Livestock Units

2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10

Beef cows 33.9 34.4 25.4 25.8Other cattle 91.4 91.1 49.8 50.2

Breeding sheep 523.1 507.8 41.8 40.6

Other sheep 399.9 379.1 16.0 15.5

Other livestock 14.0 14.4

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - per farm

OWNER OCCUPIED TENANTED MIXED TENURE

2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10 2010/11 2009/10

Number of farms 43 42 6 6 35 36

Average farm size - ESU 28.8 29.4 24.7 25.1 44.5 42.6

- actual ha. 110.59 113.84 95.79 91.95 149.56 143.55

- eff. ha. 101.77 103.63 90.91 87.06 143.06 136.79

ASSETS

Agricultural land 578,168 574,496 0 0 536,296 498,309

Woodland 6,384 6,408 0 0 3,832 3,652

Buildings 20,214 21,154 11,556 10,731 31,448 27,085Improvements 6,120 5,631 1,031 1,140 9,996 8,602

Machinery 68,345 65,441 33,343 34,472 89,959 84,341

Livestock 83,146 80,937 66,499 62,626 112,062 108,129

Crops, forage and cultivations 2,924 3,443 2,344 1,599 7,404 5,653

Milk quota 0 0 0 0 0 0

Single Payment Scheme value 40,968 49,775 34,592 38,766 76,919 82,403

Stores 3,133 2,146 2,353 1,403 4,970 2,678

Credit balances 18,882 17,299 8,670 9,141 34,151 35,085

TOTAL 828,284 826,730 160,388 159,878 907,037 855,937

EXTERNAL LIABILITIES

Long and medium term loans 25,763 26,854 10,005 12,977 53,140 33,865

Other short term loans 3,823 4,710 3,092 4,329 7,546 7,932

Overdrafts 14,110 13,807 475 868 24,782 18,898

TOTAL 43,696 45,371 13,572 18,174 85,468 60,695

NET WORTH 784,588 781,359 146,816 141,704 821,569 795,242

Owner equity (%) 95 95 92 89 91 93