Crops....

Crops or Arable.

This will be the home page for Arable Farming - this is the growing of crops. The arable section includes video and images of various crops being grown and some from the processing of these crops once they leave the farm.

DEFRAQuick Stats from DEFRA Below is summary of Crop areas from DEFRA

 

Crop areas Average
1996-98		 2006 2007 Prov.
thousand hectares
Wheat   2861 2871
Barley   1833 1816
Other   144 153
Total Cereal crops
 3430 2861 2871
Oilseed Rape   500 602
Sugar Beet   130 125
Peas   231 161
Other Crops   311 283
Total Other arable crops
 1110 1172 1170
Potatoes 169 140 140
Horticulture 184 166 169

And the economic outputs

Production & income account Average 1996-98 2006 2007 Prov.
  Outputs at market prices
£million
1 Cereals 2182 1513 1910
2 Industrial crops 849 737 779
3 Forage plants 87 85 104
4 Vegetables & horticulture 1665 1760 1844
5 Potatoes (including seeds) 552 621 664
6 Fruit 250 383 445
7 Other crop products including seeds 40 48 45
8 livestock output 5333 5100 5242
9 livestock products 3523 2918 3293
10 Other agricultural activities 734 627 625
11 Inseperable non-agricultural activities 385 710 771
12 Output (at market prices) (sum 1:11) 15600 14503 15722
13 Subsidies linked to production 2428 82 60
14 Gross output at basic prices (12+13) 18028 14584 15781

 

Crop life cycles

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