Table 1 Certain indicators of crop husbandry in Great Britain in 2004-2007
|
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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area (thous. ha) |
harvesting capacity (centner/ha) |
production volume (mln.tons) |
area (thous. ha) |
harvesting capacity (centner/ha) |
production volume (mln.tons) |
area (thous. ha) |
harvesting capacity (centner/ha) |
production volume (mln.tons) |
area (thous. ha) |
harvesting capacity (centner/ha) |
production volume (mln.tons) |
|
Potato |
148 |
42,0 |
6,2 |
137 |
43,7 |
6,0 |
140 |
40,8 |
5,7 |
140 |
40,2 |
5,6 |
Sugar beet |
154 |
587 |
9,0 |
148 |
585 |
8,7 |
131 |
566 |
7,4 |
125 |
602 |
7,5 |
Rapeseed |
554 |
29 |
1,6 |
594 |
32 |
1,9 |
575 |
33 |
1,9 |
681 |
31 |
2,1 |
Beans |
178 |
37 |
0,6 |
184 |
38 |
0,7 |
184 |
34 |
0,6 |
123 |
30 |
0,4 |
Peas |
51 |
35 |
0,2 |
41 |
38 |
0,2 |
37 |
33 |
0,1 |
26 |
31 |
0,1 |
Cereal crops occupied 2.9 mln ha in 2007, which is 2% less as compared to the previous year (see Table 2).
Table 2 Dynamics of production and consumption of cereal crops, thous. Tons
|
average 1996-98 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 (appraisal) |
Production |
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Area (thous.hа) |
3430 |
3056 |
3130 |
2 920 |
2860 |
2872 |
Gathered products |
23630 |
21494 |
22005 |
21 005 |
20826 |
19048 |
Products cost at market prices (mln. P.St) |
2182 |
1608 |
1692 |
1 415 |
1513 |
1910 |
Deliveries and consumption of products |
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Imported from: EU and other countries |
1892 699 |
1954 646 |
1948 463 |
2 051 578 |
1847 558 |
1854 709 |
Exported to: EU and other countries |
4208 1466 |
4240 827 |
2933 80 |
3 103 208 |
2709 60 |
2408 81 |
Total volume of deliveries |
20548 |
19027 |
21402 |
20 325 |
20462 |
19122 |
Measurement of farmer and other supplies |
308 |
-2054 |
489 |
- 388 |
-52 |
-1390 |
Total home consumption |
20240 |
21081 |
20914 |
20 712 |
20514 |
20512 |
The profit of the British agriculture grew 10% and reached 2.5 bln P. St. in 2007 as compared to the previous year; production grew 8.4% and reached 15 bln P. St.
As of June 2007, 526 thous workers were employed in agriculture, which was 1.5% less than in the similar period of 2006. The number of managers decreased 5.5%, workers – by 1.8%, the number of farm enterprises and commercial organizations fell by 1.6% (see Table 3).
Table 3 The number of workers employed in agriculture, thous people
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Regular full-time employees |
70 |
68 |
67 |
64 |
62 |
Regular part-time employees |
38 |
40 |
41 |
41 |
45 |
Seasonal workers |
63 |
69 |
65 |
64 |
59 |
Managerial staff |
13 |
15 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
Farmers and their partners |
340 |
354 |
350 |
350 |
345 |
Total number |
533 |
546 |
541 |
534 |
526 |
Production growth in animal husbandry amounted to 2.8% (5.2 bln. P. St. in terms of value) in 2007, which was mainly due to price rise for finished products and increase in the share of more mature stock subjected to slaughter. Milk production increased by 13% (to 2.8 bln P. St.), production of eggs rose by 13% (0.4 bln P.St).
2007 was marked by outbreaks in poultry and cattle. In winter 2007 there were registered outbreaks of avian influenza in Suffolk County; and in the period of August-September 2007 there were registered outbreaks of aphthous fever among cattle in Surrey County and in a number of farm enterprises. This resulted in decrease in production of farm products.
For the period of 2007 a number of foodstuffs on the British domestic market demonstrated a significant growth in retail price indices. The most significant growth was observed in prices for butter, eggs, fresh milk and bread (see Table 4).