Hill farm incomes fall
Hill farm incomes fall
- 1999
- Financial Times 30 November 1999, 5(1) .
Government estimates that hill farms will have an average income of just £2,000. Total farming income is expected to fall by 1.5% to £2.25bn in 1999. Earnings on cattle & sheep farms in the poorest areas are expected to show a 12 month fall of 35% by February 2000.
HILL FARMING
FARM INCOMES
MAFF
AGRICULTURAL MARKET
Government estimates that hill farms will have an average income of just £2,000. Total farming income is expected to fall by 1.5% to £2.25bn in 1999. Earnings on cattle & sheep farms in the poorest areas are expected to show a 12 month fall of 35% by February 2000.
HILL FARMING
FARM INCOMES
MAFF
AGRICULTURAL MARKET