Non-food Crops Scheme (Hansard, 2 December 2002)

§ Joyce Quin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications and how much money was awarded under the non-food crops scheme broken down by Government Office Regions in each year since the scheme was introduced. [83384]

§ Mr. Meacher
In the non-food crops sector the only support scheme currently run by this Department is the Energy Crops Scheme. This provides assistance for farmers through establishment grants for short rotation coppice (SRC) and miscanthus, and funding for SRC growers to set up producer groups. Details of the applications received and grants issued for each financial year since the scheme came into force in October 2000 are as follows:
(2) what the average cost was of a kilogram of (a) conventionally and (b) organically produced (i) potatoes, (ii) carrots, (iii) onions, (iv) cauliflower, (v) peas and (vi) mangetout in (A) 1979,(B) 1985, (C) 1990, (D) 1995, (E) 2000 and (F) 2002. [81163]

§ Mr. Meacher
Average UK farmgate prices for conventionally produced commodities are given in the following table.
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Average farmgate price 1979 1985 1990 1995 2000 2002 (January to October)

Chicken and other table fowl (Price £ per bird) N/a 1.37 1.33 1.30 1.10 1.07

Duck (p/kg carcase weight) N/a 157.8 120.7 140.4 170.3 167.3

Potatoes (£/tonne) 58.9 52 99 188 83 89

Crop years 1985–86 1990–01 1995–96 2000–01 2001–02

Carrots (£/tonne) N/a 88.90 224.53 204.63 242.63 119.32

Onions (£/tonne) N/a 84.13 129.06 160.06 98.13 127.66

Cauliflower (£/tonne) 162.00 205.21 238.45 283.29 243.04 230.35

Peas for market (£/tonne) N/a 252.90 515.66 453.29 567.24 567.83

Peas for processing (£/tonne) N/a 216.74 217.24 203.30 255.58 254.47

The following tables provide the estimates for organically produced commodities as published by the Soil Association in their organic food and farming report. Data is only available for 1998 onwards.

Poultry (table birds)¹

Price £ per bird

6.16 1998

6.32 1999

6.52 2000

5.50 2001

5.00 2002

¹ Mainly chicken

Horticulture

Price£per tonne

Vegetable 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Potatoes 240 300 247 250 200

Carrots 340 340 300 300 197

Onions 320 336 344 300 250

Cauliflower ¹0.30 ¹0.40 700 700 600

Fresh peas 2,500 2,500 2,570 2,750 2,514

¹ Price per individual cauliflower

Mangetout data is not available

Mainly chicken

Average farmgate price	1979	1985	1990	1995	2000	2002 (January to October)
Chicken and other table fowl (Price £ per bird)	N/a	1.37	1.33	1.30	1.10	1.07
Duck (p/kg carcase weight)	N/a	157.8	120.7	140.4	170.3	167.3
Potatoes (£/tonne)	58.9	52	99	188	83	89
Crop years		1985–86	1990–01	1995–96	2000–01	2001–02
Carrots (£/tonne)	N/a	88.90	224.53	204.63	242.63	119.32
Onions (£/tonne)	N/a	84.13	129.06	160.06	98.13	127.66
Cauliflower (£/tonne)	162.00	205.21	238.45	283.29	243.04	230.35
Peas for market (£/tonne)	N/a	252.90	515.66	453.29	567.24	567.83
Peas for processing (£/tonne)	N/a	216.74	217.24	203.30	255.58	254.47

Poultry (table birds)¹
Price £ per bird
6.16	1998
6.32	1999
6.52	2000
5.50	2001
5.00	2002
¹ Mainly chicken

Horticulture
Price£per tonne
Vegetable	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Potatoes	240	300	247	250	200
Carrots	340	340	300	300	197
Onions	320	336	344	300	250
Cauliflower	¹0.30	¹0.40	700	700	600
Fresh peas	2,500	2,500	2,570	2,750	2,514
¹ Price per individual cauliflower
Mangetout data is not available
Mainly chicken