§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will bring up to date tables(a) D, (b) 4(e)1, (c) 4(e)2, (d)f1, and (e) B, in his Department's submission to the Treasury and Civil Service Committee on the "Financial and Economic Consequences of United Kingdom Membership of the European Economic Community" in Session 1984–85 (HC 57-II).
§ Mr. CurryThe statistics requested at(a), (d) and (e) are shown in tables 1 to 3. The information at (b), relating to non-Community countries, is shown in table 4. Data on yields in the European Community are contained in the Commission's publication "The Agricultural Situation in the Community—1988 Report", available in the Library of the House. This publication also contains (pT/38) the information requested at (c). 351W
TABLE 2 Net farm income on full-lime farms by farm type: England 1986–87 and 1987–88 1986–87 1987–88 All dairy farms Money terms (£'000) 15.2 18.5 Index in real terms 1982–83= 100 96 112 All livestock farms Money terms (£'000) 3.9 6.6 Index in real terms 1982–83= 100 56 92 All cropping farms Money terms (£'000) 16.4 6.0 Index in real terms 1982–83= 100 82 29
TABLE 3 Structural comparisons: by size threshold England and Wales: 1988 Item Size of threshold of item Number of holdings (thousands) Proportion of total item (per cent.) Size of threshold of item Number of holdings (thousands) Proportion of total item (per cent.) Wheat 100 hectares or more 4.5 44 50 hectares or more 11.0 70 Barley 100 hectares or more 1.8 20 50 hectares or more 7.3 45 Dairy cows 100 cows or more 6.5 41 50 cows or more 19.8 80 Beef cows 100 cows or more 0.7 13 50 cows or more 3.3 37 Pigs (total) 1,000 pigs or more 1.9 69 200 pigs or more 5.4 94 Sheep (total) 1,000 sheep or more 8.2 49 500 sheep or more 18.8 74 Area (crops and grass) 100 hectares or more 25.3 55 50 hectares or more 56.7 78 Total area 100 hectares or more 29.8 60 50 hectares or more 62.2 81
Table 4 Yields of selected agricultural products—certain non Community countries: 1988. USA Canada Australia Japan Wheat tonnes/hectare 2.29 1.21 1.52 3.62 Barley tonnes/hectare 2.07 2.45 1.44 3.50 Sugar beet tonnes/hectare 42.73 34.74 — 52.96 Oilseed Rape tonnes/hectare 1.90 1.16 1.16 2.00 Potatoes tonnes/hectare 31.56 25.31 27.18 31.60 Milk kg/cow 6,444 5,674 2,850 5,320 Sources: 1988 FAO Production Yearbook, except Rapeseed, USA: Oil world.