§ Mr. Hardyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total annual production of wheat, barley, oats, maize, potatoes and sugar beet in each of the European Economic Community countries in each of the last four years for which figures are available with the yield per acre and hectare in each case.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe information is as follows:
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Belgium/Luxembourg France West Germany Italy Netherlands Yield Metric tons per hectare 1967 3.66 2.71 3.36 1.55 4.15 1968 3.55 2.67 3.52 1.21 4.21 1969 3.34 2.71 3.46 1.57 3.91 1970 2.62 2.59 30.1 1.61 3.68 Cwt. per acre 1967 29.2 21.6 26.8 12.3 33.1 1968 28.3 21.3 28.0 9.6 33.5 1969 26.6 21.6 27.6 12.5 31.1 1970 20.9 20.6 24.0 12.8 29.3 MAIZE * Production 000 metric tons 1967 3 4,139 196 3,860 — 1968 3 5,379 287 3,991 — 1969 4 5,723 400 4,506 — 1970 9 7,420 507 (4,801) — Yield metric tons per hectare 1967 4.67 4.09 4.72 3.80 … 1968 4.50 5.26 4.92 4.13 … 1969 4.78 4.84 4.92 4.51 … 1970 4.75 4.98 5.09 (4.67) … cwt. per acre 1967 37.2 32.6 37.6 30.5 … 1968 35.8 41.9 39.2 32.9 … 1969 38.1 38.6 39.2 35.9 … 1970 37.8 39.7 40.5 37.2 … POTATOES† Production '000 metric tons 1967 2,034 10,391 21,294 4,010 4,810 1968 1,632 10,033 19,196 3,960 5,045 1969 1,540 8,992 15,985 3,973 4,704 1970 1,665 8,927 16,250 3,842 5,648 Yield metric tons per hectare 1967 31.3 29.2 30.1 11.8 35.0 1968 28.1 21.1 29.1 12.4 34.4 1969 29.6 21.5 27.1 13.0 32.4 1970 29.7 21.4 27.2 (12.0) 35.6 tons per acre 1967 12.5 8.0 12.0 4.7 13.9 1968 11.2 8.4 11.6 4.9 13.7 1969 11.8 8.6 10.8 5.2 12.9 1970 11.8 8.5 10.8 4.8 14.2 SUGAR BEET Production '000 metric tons 1967 3,615 12,769 13,697 13,507 5,074 1968 4,108 15,557 13,633 11,457 5,128 1969 4,220 17,933 12,941 10,522 5,002 1970 3,718 17,435 13,033 9,400 4,739 Yield metric tons per hectare 1967 46.4 40.7 46.5 39.1 50.8 1968 45.9 43.5 47.0 37.5 49.5 1969 46.9 44.4 43.9 56.2 48.6 1970 41.4 42.6 43.0 33.2 45.4 tons per acre 1967 18.5 16.2 18.5 15.6 20.2 1968 18.3 17.3 18.7 14.9 19.7 1969 18.7 17.7 17.5 14.4 19.4 1970 16.5 17.0 17.1 13.2 18.0 Notes * Excluding non-commercial production. † Provisional. — equals nil or less than 500 metric tons. …equals not applicable. Source: Production Vegetale, Statistical Office of the Economic Committees.
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§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will give an estimate of the costs which he estimates will be incurred in implementing the Government's policy of giving compensation to farmers and those in the agricultural and horticultural industries who may be forced out of business or adversely affected by Great Britain's entry into the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. PriorI cannot at this stage add to the reply I gave the hon. Member on 28th July.—[Vol. 822, c.120–1.]