The number of people working on agricultural and horticultural holdings in Yeovil constituency by predominant farm type are as follows. constituency level data are not available before 1998. Changes in farm type classifications mean figures for the cattle and sheep and grazing livestock categories are not directly comparable across the years.
Farm type 2000 2005 Employees (including salaried manager and casual workers) Cereals 17 25 General cropping 68 41 Horticulture 208 179 Pigs and poultry 27 9 Dairy 193 175 Cattle and sheep (less favoured area) 0 n/a Grazing livestock (less favoured area) n/a 0 Cattle and sheep (lowland) 74 n/a Grazing livestock (lowland) n/a 105 Mixed 69 29 Other types 48 42 Total labour force (including farmers, partners, directors and employees) Cereals 71 110 General cropping 133 87 Horticulture 283 265 Pigs and poultry 65 59 Dairy 515 444 Cattle and sheep (less favoured area) 0 n/a Grazing livestock (less favoured area) n/a 0 Cattle and sheep (lowland) 413 n/a Grazing livestock (lowland) n/a 489 Mixed 152 105 Other types 199 156 Source: June Agricultural Survey