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Livestock Support Head Unit Token Tool

Apply supplied category-to-head equivalent factors without choosing statutory livestock units or payment eligibility.

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Description

Return their weighted sum and number of categories.

Agricultural claim records combine declared areas, exclusions, duplicate units and supporting-evidence flags. Avoiding double counting requires the correct intersection or exclusion overlap. A reconciled area/count or verified-token share is bookkeeping rather than legal validation of a claim.

Return their weighted sum and number of categories.

When to use this tool

Use Livestock Support Head Unit Token when checking the stated claim count, area or evidence-support convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter counts, suppliedHeadFactors, categoryTokens. Follow any array-alignment requirements below. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read headEquivalent, categories. Use the output convention below.

Require aligned nonnegative whole counts, nonnegative real head factors and unique category tokens. Return their weighted sum and number of categories.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
countsAligned nonnegative whole counts.Required. Array of safe integer; maximum items 256.
suppliedHeadFactorsAligned nonnegative real category equivalences; fractional factors are allowed.Required. Array of finite number; maximum items 256.
categoryTokensCategory TokensRequired. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
headEquivalentHead EquivalentRequired. Finite number.
categoriesCategoriesRequired. Safe integer.
json
{
  "input": {
    "counts": [
      10,
      5
    ],
    "suppliedHeadFactors": [
      1,
      0.5
    ],
    "categoryTokens": [
      "A",
      "B"
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "headEquivalent": 12.5,
    "categories": 2
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • Factors may be fractional; token uniqueness does not verify livestock identity, classification or actual support eligibility.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Review authoritative source records, parcel geometry and applicable program rules with the responsible professionals for actual claims or payments.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: agricultural-policy/livestock-support-head-unit-token — tool.io

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