"Annual Review Of Agriculture"

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish in the Official Report information for Wales on the same basis as table 3 of the annual review White Paper, Cmnd. 8491.

The information is as follows:

			June 1976	June 1981
	Per cent. of total sugar beet area on holdings with 20 hectares and over of sugar beet		51·9	49·3
Dairy cows	Number of holdings ('000) with	1 to 29	6·8	3·8
		30 to 59	3·2	2·9
		60 and over	1·3	1·9
		Total	11·3	8·6
	Average size of herd		30·5	41·4
	Per cent. of total dairy cows in herds of 60 and over		34·1%	49·0%
Beef cows	Number of holdings ('000) with	1 to 19	10·7	8·9
		20 to 49	3·0	2·7
		50 and over	0·6	0·5
		Total	14·3	12·1
	Average size of herd		14·4	15·0
	Per cent. of total beef cows in herds of 50 and over		20·4%	21·5%
Breeding sheep	Number of holdings ('000) with	1 to 99	7·0	6·1
		100 to 499	7·3	7·4
		500 and over	1·7	2·2
		Total	16·1	15·8
	Average size of flock		216·3	252·6
	Per cent. of total breeding sheep in flocks of 500 and over		42·2%	48·2%
Breeding pigs	Number of holdings ('000) with	1 to 19	2·7	1·5
		20 to 49	0·1	0·1
		50 and over	0·1	0·1
		Total	2·9	1·7
	Average size of herd		7·3	9·4
	Per cent. of total breeding pigs in herds of 50 and over		29·1%	44·7%
Fattening pigs	Number of holdings ('000) with	1 to 199	1·9	1·1
		200 to 999	0·1	0·1
		1,000 and over	—	—
		Total	2·0	1·2
	Average size of herd		44·0	61·1
	Per cent. of total fattening pigs in herds of 1,000 and over		19·2%	24·5%
Laying fowls	Number of holdings ('000) with	1 to 4,999	10·1	7·4
		5,000 to 19,999	0·1	—
		20,000 and over	—	—
		Total	10·2	7·4
	Average size of flock		180·6	268·2
	Percent. of total laying flocks of 20,000 and over		44·4%	62·1%
Broilers	Number of holdings ('000) with	1 to 9,999	0·1	0·1
		10,000 to 99,999	—	—
		100,000 and over	—	—
		Total	0·1	0·1
	Average size of flock		37,560	46,395
	Per cent. of total broilers in flocks of 100,000 and over		83·5%	74·8%
^* The figures in this table do not include minor (statistically insignificant) holdings.
†The average size of holdings based on total area (excluding common rough grazing) per holding is
1976 46·1 hectares, of which 70·4 per cent. was under crops and grass
1981 50·9 hectares, of which 73·2 per cent. was under crops and grass.
‡ These figures include holdings with no crops and grass which are excluded from the first section in the table.
≑ Data for 1981 are provisional.
—=Less than half the final digit shown.

Note: Owing to rounding, figures may not sum to totals shown.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish in the Official Report information for Wales corresponding to table 21 of the annual review White Paper, Cmnd. 8491.

This information is not available.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish in the Official Report information for Wales corresponding to table 13 of the annual review White Paper, Cmnd. 8491.

The information is not available.

Crop areas and livestock numbers^*
	At June each year
	Average of 1970–72	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981
(A) Total area ('000 hectares) of which:	1,680	1,682	1,695	1,698	1,693	1,686
Wheat	7	5	6	7	7	8
Barley	47	59	59	59	59	57
Oats	19	11	9	7	7	6
Mixed corn	10	3	2	2	1	1
Rye	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total cereals†	84	78	76	75	74	72
Potatoes	7	7	7	6	6	6
Sugar beet	—	—	—	—	—	—
Oilseed rape	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hops	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vegetables grown in the open	1	1	1	1	1	1
Orchard fruit	—	—	—	—	—	—
soft fruit‡	—	—	—	—	—	—
Omamentals≑	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total horticulture¶	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total tillage●	114	109	108	107	103	100
All grasses under five years old▀ ⋆	182	170	163	153	164	167
Total arable	297	279	271	260	267	267
All grasses five years old and over#	741	776	793	837	843	835
Rough grazing:
Sole right	441	406	407	375	357	360
Common (estimated)	181	181	181	181	181	181
Other land	20	40	43	46	44	43
(B) Livestock numbers ('000 head)
Total cattle and calves of which:	1,380	1,428	1,414	1,420	1,408	1,414
Dairy cows	359	351	354	359	352	356
Beef cows	180	202	194	194	189	185
Heifers in calf	82	74	80	81	80	85
Total sheep and lambs of which:	6,109	7,109	7,633	7,571	8,014	8,202
Ewes	2,509	2,872	2,980	3,029	3,161	3,257
Shearlings	607	681	726	766	738	759
Total pigs of which:	241	146	135	140	135	131
Sows in pig and other sows for breeding	30	16	14	15	14	14
Gilts in pig	5	2	2	3	2	2
Total poultry of which:	5,700	7,372	7,256	7,162	7,672	7,483
Table fowls (including broilers)	2,174	4,103	3,874	3,909	4,424	4,183
Laying fowls	2,177	1,971	2,135	2,115	2,049	2,027
Growing pullets	959	931	847	722	732	824
^* Figures for 1978 to 1981 relate to all known agricultural holdings, including minor (statistically insignificant) holdings.
† Cereals for threshing, excluding maize.
‡ Includes small area of soft fruit grown under orchard trees.
≑ Hardy nursery stock, bulbs and flowers.
¶ Includes glasshouse area.
● Includes area of other crops and bare fallow not shown in the table.
▀ Includes lucerne.
⋆ Before 1975, collected as "clover, sainfoin and temporary grasses".
# Before 1975, collected as "permanent grass".
— = Less than half the final digit shown.

Note: Owing to rounding, figures may not sum to totals shown.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish in the Official Report information for Wales on the same basis as table 2 of the annual review White Paper, Cmnd. 8491.

The information is as follows:

Volume 26: debated on Wednesday 30 June 1982