§ Miss Quennellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set out the current acreages of agricultural crops, available to him from latest 167W returns; and how these compare with the returns for last year.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartThe June, 1972, census figures will not be available until early August. Farmers' forecasts in
ENGLAND AND WALES Occupiers' forecast at March, 1971 June, 1971 Thousand acres Occupiers' forecast at March, 1972 Crop Wheat … 2,594 2,619 2,669 Barley … 4,632 4,740 4,652 Oats … 573 581 516 Mixed Corn for Threshing … 127 118 130 Total Cereals (excluding Rye and Maize) … 7,926 8,057 7,967 Early Potatoes … 76 67 68 Maincrop Potatoes … 416 425 380 Total Potatoes … 492 492 448 Sugar Beet … 451 459 455 Rape for Oilseed … 13 13 16 For Stock feeding Beans … 157 152 139 Turnips, Swedes and Fodder Beet … 113 108 111 Mangolds … 24 22 21 Kale … 146 138 145 Rape, Cabbage, Savoys, Kohl Rabi … 61 55 54 Bare Fallow … 144 175 136