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- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom abstract "Agriculture in the United Kingdom uses around 70% of the country's land area and contributes about 0.7% of its gross value added. The UK produces less than 60% of the food it eats. Despite skilled farmers, high technology, fertile soil and subsidies, which primarily come from the European Union (EU), farm earnings are relatively low, mainly due to low prices at the farm gate. With each generation, fewer young people can afford the rising capital cost of entry into farming and more are discouraged by low earnings. The average age of the British farm holder is now 59.Recently there have been moves towards organic farming in an attempt to sustain profits, and many farmers supplement their income by diversifying activities away from pure agriculture. Biofuels present new opportunities for farmers against a background of rising fears about fossil fuel prices, energy security, energy sustainability, and climate change. There is increasing awareness that farmers have an important role to play as custodians of the British countryside and wildlife.The high cost of entry into farming presents a significant barrier. Land prices in the United Kingdom are high. Local authorities recognise this and some offer smallholdings intended to allow those with skill or training but little capital to set up as tenant farmers. Nevertheless, this provision is shrinking and there is an increasing shortage of farmland to let.".
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom thumbnail Claas_Tucano_430.jpg?width=300.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink foodreport.pdf.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink county-council-farms.pdf.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink defra-stats-auk-2009.pdf.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink ww2.defra.gov.uk.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink agricultural_revolution_01.shtml.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink defra-stats-fbs-diversification-agriculture.pdf.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink defra-stats-foodfarm-crosscutting-auk-auk2010-110525.pdf.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink defra-stats-foodfarm-crosscutting-auk-auk2011-120709.pdf.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink contents.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink postpn336.pdf.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageID "20264398".
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wikiPageRevisionID "604353380".
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom hasPhotoCollection Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom subject Category:Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom subject Category:Food_industry.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom subject Category:Industry_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom comment "Agriculture in the United Kingdom uses around 70% of the country's land area and contributes about 0.7% of its gross value added. The UK produces less than 60% of the food it eats. Despite skilled farmers, high technology, fertile soil and subsidies, which primarily come from the European Union (EU), farm earnings are relatively low, mainly due to low prices at the farm gate.".
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom label "Agriculture au Royaume-Uni".
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom label "Agriculture in the United Kingdom".
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- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom sameAs m.011bjtlf.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom sameAs Q2827157.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom sameAs Q2827157.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom wasDerivedFrom Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom?oldid=604353380.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom depiction Claas_Tucano_430.jpg.
- Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom isPrimaryTopicOf Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom.
