UK farm subsidy in relation to farm size

Mark mark at tlio.org.uk
Thu Jan 11 09:50:21 GMT 2007


Breakdown of subsidy payout in relation to farm size holdings in UK
agricultural sector, taken from Kevin Cahill's latest book, "Who Owns the
World" (p-84), below.
[Kevin's figures expressed in Euros have been converted by me, based on
conversion rate on Wednesday afternoon, of 1.4937 Euros to £1).
M



Total of all farms in UK: 296,257 (DEFRA, 2004)
Total size of the agricultural plot: 41 million acres (DEFRA, 2004)


Band 1 - holdings over 1,729 acres:
No of holdings  2,184
% of all holdings 0.7%
Total acres covered  10,337,656
% of Total UK agricultural plot: 25.2%
Average acreage:  4,733 acres
Average value at approx £4,000 per acre:  £18,965,933
Total EU subsidy for this acreage:   £781,846,227
Average EU subsidy per farm:  £357,880


Band 2  - holdings of between 247 and 1,729 acres:
No of holdings:  39,913
% of all holdings: 13.5%
Total acres covered: 17,958,000
% of Total UK agricultural plot: 43.8%
Average acreage:  450
Average value at approx £4000 per acre:  £1,806,570
Total EU subsidy for this acreage: £1,357,368,000
Average EU subsidy per farm:  £34,018


Band 3 - holdings of between 50 & 247 acres:
No of holdings:  92,408
% of all holdings:  31.2%
Total acres covered: 10,544,652
% of Total UK agricultural plot: 25.7%
Average acreage:  114.1
Average value at approx £4000 per acre:  £456,809
Total EU subsidy for this acreage: £796,840,495
Average EU subsidy per farm:  £8,622


Band 4 holdings of under 50 acres:
No of holdings:   161,752
% of all holdings:  54.6%
Total acres covered: 2,164,831
% of Total UK agricultural plot: 5.3%
Average acreage: 13.4
Average value at approx £4000 per acre: £53,679
Total EU subsidy for this acreage: £163,630,266
Average EU subsidy per farm: £1,011






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