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Mrs. Wise
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the percentage of agricultural land now farmed by (a) companies, (b) owner/farmers and (c) tenant farmers.
Mr. Strang
According to the June 1977 census 55·7 per cent. of agricultural land in England and Wales is farmed by owner-occunpiers and 44·3 per cent. by tenant farmers.I regret that no figures are available about land farmed by companies.