HC Deb 04 April 1979 vol 965 c881W
Mr. Biffen

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment has been made of the current outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Nor-

1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Head of sheep (store)
First quality lambs, hoggets and tegs 333 286 211 167 159
Head of sheep (fat) 333 286 211 174 154
Head of cattle (store)
First quality Hereford/Freisian bull calves 98 100 71 62 47
First quality yearling steers beef/dairy cross 41 36 25 23 19
Head of cattle (fat)
All clean cattle 26 23 16 15 13
Barley number of hundredweights 1,365 1,370 1,087 1,010 1,013

Note: The figures shown are derived from average market or ex-farm prices shown in table 26 of the "Annual Review of Agriculture 1979" Cmnd. 7436. These do not always give an indication of total receipts by farmers, since in some cases additional premiums or deficiency payments were made to achieve support price levels. Furthermore, grant-aid and tax relief is normally available on the purchase of a new tractor.