To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the average level of net income received per farm holding by (a) hill farmers, (b) dairy farmers and (c) cereal farmers at 1996 prices in each year since 1979. [31086]
Long-term trends in net farm income are normally presented as indices because of the changing sample of the Farm Business Survey. However, set out in the table are the equivalent monetary values. Owing to a change in the definition of farm types, data for years before 1987 are not wholly comparable with the more recent data. Data for 1987–88 are given on both farm type definitions to give an indication of the degree of change.
| Net Farm Income1: (£/farm in real terms at 1996 prices) | |||
| England: Full-time farms | |||
| Year | Dairy | Hill and upland livestock | Specialist cereals |
| 1979–80 | 26,000 | 10,700 | 21,400 |
| 1980–81 | 25,400 | 14,200 | 23,800 |
| 1981–82 | 29,300 | 22,900 | 21,100 |
| 1982–83 | 33,400 | 19,100 | 34,900 |
| 1983–84 | 18,500 | 16,200 | 35,600 |
| 1984–85 | 18,300 | 16,500 | 42,400 |
Net Farm Income1: (£/farm in real terms at 1996 prices)
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England: Full-time farms
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Year
| Dairy
| Hill and upland livestock
| Specialist cereals
|
| 1985–86 | 21,900 | 16,500 | 7,000 |
| 1986–87 | 23,600 | 11,600 | 15,500 |
| 1987–88 | 27,600 | 15,300 | 2,500 |
Revised farm type definitions:
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Year
| Dairy
| LFA cattle and sheep
| Cereals
|
| 1987–88 | 38,600 | 14,900 | 4,600 |
| 1988–89 | 47,000 | 17,700 | 6,500 |
| 1989–90 | 39,700 | 11,200 | 14,800 |
| 1990–91 | 28,600 | 7,400 | 17,700 |
| 1991–92 | 29,800 | 11,400 | 19,100 |
| 1992–93 | 38,000 | 16,100 | 24,800 |
| 1993–94 | 41,800 | 18,600 | 24,000 |
| 1994–95 | 34,700 | 14,900 | 31,000 |
| 1995–96 | 38,000 | 19,000 | 46,900 |
| 1996–97 | 30,300 | 18,700 | 40,500 |
| 1997–98 (prov.) | 19,100 | 12,200 | 24,900 |
1 Net farm income represents the return to the principal farmer and spouse for their manual and managerial labour and on the tenant-type capital of the business. For consistency, all farms are treated as tenanted. | |||
Source:
Farm Business Survey (England).