Livestock Units Natural England

Document history second edition october 2009. However when natural england do their calculations for hls they like a different scale.

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The livestock unit abbreviated as lsu or sometimes as lu is a reference unit which facilitates the aggregation of livestock from various species and age as per convention via the use of specific coefficients established initially on the basis of the nutritional or feed requirement of each type of animal see table below for an overview of the most commonly used coefficients.

Livestock units natural england. Calculate the maximum stocking density over your farm animal numbers converted into livestock units lus animal numbers are converted into livestock units as follows. The average stocking density over all lowland forage area is 0 58 livestock units which equates 3to one medium sized suckler cow per hectare. The term livestock unit or lu is often referred to as a way of determining what stocking density can be used on a given area of land and with what type of livestock.

Problems on livestock units. Natural england is the government s adviser for the natural environment in england helping to protect the country s nature and landscapes. 1 sheep including ewe with a suckling lamb or goat 0 15 lu male bovine animals and heifers older than 24 months suckler cows dairy cows 1 0 lu.

Shropshire already has high background levels of airborne ammonia and nitrogen deposition and a large number of international wildlife sites that are. Weaned cattle up to calving is 6 of a unit. Control on livestock units publication year 2009 document status caution.

Find out what livestock records countryside stewardship agreement holders need. Livestock record keeping guidance on arable and grassland ran two parcels together and your agreement allowed a maximum of 3 cows on one parcel and 4 on the other you could record them as one unit provided that the total for the two. Livestock units often attract large numbers of wild birds due to the presence of feedstuffs particularly concentrates that are available either in the form of spillage or.

Department for environment food rural affairs forestry commission and natural england. Shropshire has seen a rapid increase in the number of livestock units particularly for poultry and is now a hot spot for permitted and non permitted sites compared with the rest of england. 1 ivestock record keeping guidance on arable and grassland background agreement holders who have an environmental stewardship es agreement with a start date of 1st january 2013 or later handbook version 4 els page 155 section 5 5 10 hls page 100 section 5 5 9 are.

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