§ Andrew GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many agriculture and horticulture holdings in the United Kingdom there were which were mainly(a) beef, (b) dairy, (c) sheep, (d) pigs, (e) poultry meat, (f) poultry egg, (g) fruit and vegetables, (h) flowers and other non edible crops, (i) energy crops, (j) arable, (k) mixed and (l) other in each of the last 10 years for which records are available. [135769]
§ Mr. BradshawAgricultural and horticultural holdings are classified annually from the June agricultural and horticultural census into 27 different types.
For the last 10 years the figures are:
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Main farm types 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Cereals 21,473 20,905 20,996 21,340 21,258 General cropping 11,239 11,119 9,861 9,991 9,200 Specialist fruit 1,645 1,554 2,647 2,675 2,553 Specialist glass 2,826 2,771 2,741 2,671 2,604 Other horticulture 3,026 3,019 3,260 3,143 3,368 Specialist pigs 2,171 1,920 1,893 1,981 2,160 Specialist poultry 3,179 3,437 4,100 4,680 4,685 Mixed pigs and poultry 113 104 129 130 146 Dairy—LFA 3,014 2,895 2,605 2,584 2,662 Dairy—lowland 14,000 13,418 12,614 11,522 11,680 Specialist sheep—SDA 2,665 2,845 2,875 2,996 3,388 Specialist beef—SDA 1,901 1,885 1,652 1,850 1,943 Mixed cattle and sheep—SDA 3,154 3,037 2,913 2,915 3,043 Cattle and sheep—DA 2,835 2,880 2,657 2,944 3,389 Cattle and sheep—Lowland 29,893 31,269 32,816 31,306 3,3778 Cropping and dairy 1,679 1,565 1,401 1,198 1,181 Cropping cattle and sheep 5,772 5,680 5,573 5,397 5,179 Cropping pig and poultry 1,173 1,046 959 930 809 Cropping and mixed livestock 611 647 998 1,086 1,048 Mixed livestock 2,044 1,814 1,984 2,045 2,067 Specialist mushrooms 140 152 141 94 40 Specialist hardy nursery stock 883 848 995 999 995 Specialist set-aside 859 988 1,035 1,340 1,341 Specialist grass and forage 18,256 21,175 24,298 25,781 23,476 Specialist goats 346 408 809 1,127 1,690 Specialist horses 9,420 9,026 14,326 14,967 16,845 Non-classifiable—fallow 302 305 541 548 580 Non-classifiable—other 474 508 11,036 19,694 26,763 All types 145,093 147,220 167,855 177,934 187,871 Abbreviation
LFA—Less Favoured Area
SDA—Severely Disadvantaged Area
DA—Disadvantaged Area
Notes:
- 1. 1993 to 1999 figures refer to main holding only.
- 2. 2000 onwards—main and minor holding.