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The most common kinds of diversification are probably letting of barns as warehouses and storage, letting of former farm labourers' cottages (whether as holiday cottages or on longer leases) and farm shops. The number of farm shops in the UK increased by more than 50% between 1999 and 2003. [232] [233]
In 2021 with 1,3988,000 metric tons, the UK ranks as the 13th largest producer of wheat in the world. [26] English farming is on the whole intensive and highly mechanised. [27] The UK produces only 60% of the food it consumes. The vast majority of imports and exports are with other Western European countries. [28]
The number of horses for agricultural purposes are not mentioned in the statistics, but there were 290,000 dairy cows, 214,000 other cattle, 28,400 pigs and 9,739,000 sheep in the country. There were also 945 arable and horticultural holdings, 1,753 dairy farms, 12,650 beef and sheep farms, 95 specialist pig units and 426 specialist poultry units.
The following is the list of the 286 plant communities which comprise the British National Vegetation Classification (NVC). These are grouped by major habitat category, as used in the five volumes of British Plant Communities, the standard work describing the NVC.
There are a few city farms closer to the centre of the city and about 30,000 allotments. [1] There are 135.66 square kilometres (135,660,000 m 2 ) of farmland in the Greater London area. Nearly all of the farmland in the London area is a basis for the growing culture.
The UK’s farming community and the Labour government remain locked in deadlock after hundreds of angry farmers drove their tractors on Westminster. On the day a stark report from Defra revealed ...
A list of Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae including all the native plants and established aliens known to occur in Ireland with the distribution of each species, and recommended Irish and English names. pp. [i]-xxvii, 1-171, map. Dublin: Stationery Office. Reynolds, S.C.P. (2002). A catalogue of alien plants in Ireland. pp. [4], 1 ...
Pages in category "Farms in England" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Fordhall Farm; H.