December survey of agriculture

Originally from: David
                        
http://www.defra.gov.uk/esg/work_htm/Notices/dec_uk.pdf

DEFRA published the results of the December survey of agriculture yesterday. A link to the results of the survey, which shows the dairy herd fell by 5.8% between Dec 2000 and Dec 2001

Cattle
The total number of cattle and calves fell by 7 per cent over the year to December 2001. Both the dairy
herd and the beef herd fell by 6 per cent.

Pigs

The pig breeding herd fell by 5 per cent between December 2000 and December 2001. There was also a
fall of 4 per cent in other pigs for fattening.
Sheep

The sheep breeding flock fell by 13 per cent in the year to December 2001. The number of other sheep
and lambs under one year old fell by 7 per cent.
Crops

The UK wheat area sown by 3 December 2001 is estimated to have been 46 per cent higher than that
sown by December 2000 and the barley area increased by 21 per cent. The oilseed rape area was 1 per
cent lower than at December 2000.