FINAL RESULTS FROM DECEMBER 2007 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
These final figures indicate that, compared with December 2006:-
- The number of cattle fell by 2.4 per cent from 1.87 million to 1.83 million.
- The number of sheep decreased, from 5.2 million to 5.1 million (1.6 per cent).
- Pig numbers decreased by 4.2 per cent from 470,000 to 450,000.
- The number of poultry rose by 4.9 per cent from 13.1 million to 13.7 million.
- The area of winter wheat rose by 11.4 per cent from 102,000 hectares to 114,000 hectares and the area of winter barley rose by 6.9 per cent from 55,000 hectares to 59,000 hectares. The area of winter oilseed rape decreased by 14.4 percent from 38,000ha to 33,000ha.
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KEY NOTES
1. All figures are rounded to the nearest 1000. Figures may not, therefore, add to totals.
2. Percentage figures, which have been calculated using unrounded figures, have been rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
3. The results of the December agricultural sample census are produced from a sample of returns from approximately 11,000 main agricultural holdings, from a total of around 26,000. Since these results are based on a sample, the estimates are subject to a degree of statistical uncertainty.
4. In 2000, a reclassification exercise was carried out which resulted in a number of main holdings being classified as minor holdings and vice versa. As these statistics cover main holdings only, there is a slight discontinuity between the data for 2000 and previous years. The reclassification exercise is now carried out on regular basis.