§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average income of(a) arable, (b) beef, (c) dairy, (d) poultry, (e) pig, (f) sheep and (g) mixed farmers was in Lancashire in the latest year for which figures are available. [149936]
§ Alun MichaelThe average net farm income for farms greater than eight ESUs in the county of Lancashire was £20,450 for the year ending February 2003. Due to lack of farm numbers in the source survey this can only be broken down into the following farm types:
£000 Cattle and Sheep in the LFA 15,530 Dairy Farms 16,730 All other farm types 26,260 Data source:
Farm Business Survey
Net farm income is defined as the return to the principal farmer and spouse for their manual and managerial labour and on the tenant-type capital of the business. It includes income from non-agricultural activities that are fully integrated into the farming business and which depend on the existence of the core farming activity.