§ 20. Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the current average incomes of dairy farmers and the change which this represents from the previous year. [28088]
§ Mr. MacdonaldForecasts based on the Annual Survey of Farm Accounts in Scotland indicate that the Net Farm Income of dairy farms is expected to fall from an average of £30,000 per farm in 1996–97 to £14,400 per farm in 1997–98.