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- noun The
number ofstock animals (head ) on afarm
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Examples
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The influential committee suggested 'headage' payments would make it possible for sheep farming to continue by paying farmers to keep sheep despite the fact lamb and wool is no longer valuable enough to make a viable income.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Even some little game or package for special use can cause severe headage, as the maintainer scripts can delete stuff outside that package or open security holes.
Planet Debian Bernhard R. Link 2010
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It also suggests an extension of the beef calf scheme and eradication of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea as possible measures for the beef industry together with a lamb headage payment to reverse the loss of ewes in the north-west of Scotland.
FWi - All News 2010
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Even some little game or package for special use can cause severe headage, as the maintainer scripts can delete stuff outside that package or open security holes.
Planet Debian 2009
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Even some little game or package for special use can cause severe headage, as the maintainer scripts can delete stuff outside that package or open security holes.
Planet Debian 2009
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