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Low earnings, high land prices and a shortage of let farmland discourage young people from joining the industry. The average (median) age of the British farm holder was about 60 in 2016; the UK government has stopped collecting age data for farmers. [3] [4] [5] [6]
There are over 100,000 farm holdings, which vary widely in size. [4] [5] The main crops that are grown are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits and vegetables. The livestock that is raised include cattle and sheep. In the drier east, farmers grow wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, and sugar beets.
Livestock grazing comparison units are used by many governments to measure and control the intensity of farming. For example, until 2004 the UK Government had an extensification scheme which paid additional subsidy to farmers who kept their livestock at less than an average of 1.4 LUs per hectare. [1]
The average farm size rose from 441 acres (178 hectares) in 2017 to 463 acres (187 hectares) in 2022. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called the survey "a wake-up call" at an event at the USDA ...
The Central Lowland belt averages about 50 miles in width, [2] and contains most of the good quality agricultural land. [3] Scotland is half the size of England and Wales in area, but with its many inlets, islands and inland lochs, it has roughly the same amount of coastline at 4,000 miles. Only a fifth of Scotland is less than 60 metres above ...
"The average farm size in the south west is 170 acres and the value of agricultural land varies from £9,500 to £21,000 per acre." ... Government research found last year an average farm made a ...
The number of farms with more than 2,000 acres (810 ha) almost doubled between 1987 and 2012, while the number of farms with 200 acres (81 ha) to 999 acres (404 ha) fell over the same period by 44%. [12] Farm productivity increased in the United States from the mid-20th century until the late-20th century when productivity began to stall. [13]
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