Top recipients of farm subsidies in the UK

Sat Jan 13 15:36:55 GMT 2007

TOTAL PAYMENTS TO DATE UNDER CAP / THE HIT PARADE

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Name Total payment to date (GBP) ( conversion*)
TATE & LYLE EUROPE £356 875 121 (536 561 902)
C CZARNIKOW SUGAR LTD £73 519 702 (109 766 375)
MEADOW FOODS LTD £60 387 509 (91 227 954)
PHILPOT DAIRY PRODUCTS LTD £47 111 939 (71 499 801)
NESTLE UK LTD £37 956 393 (58 182 291)
DALE FARM INGREDIENTS LTD £35 396 059 (53 559 887)
FAYREFIELD FOODS IRELAND LTD £32 822 625 (48 117 478)
GRANOX LTD £32 210 714 (48 955 564)
MILK SUPPLIES LTD £26 483 888 (39 752 142)
LISBURN PROTEINS £25 861 369 (39 646 488)
DAIRY CREST INGREDIENTS £24 837 792 (38 849 562)
AMANDA BUITELAAR (KILMARNOCK)LTD £22 730 057 (34 747 594)
DUNGANNON MEATS (BALLYMENA) £19 860 674 (30 490 934)
BEESONS LTD £19 182 630 (29 288 349)
ALEC JARRETT LTD £18 490 634 (28 200 095)
PROSPER DE MULDER LTD £18 186 996 (28 375 307)
T M C DAIRIES (NI) LTD £17 783 670 (27 512 243)
INCINERATION SCOTLAND £17 053 450 (26 066 379)
LANGFORD PROCESSORS LTD £16 384 248 (25 112 754)
F REDFERN & SONS LTD £16 181 003 (24 761 466)
*converted at yearly mean conversion rates

Snapshot statistics
Total CAP spending in EU: 48.5 billion (106 per citizen)
United Kingdom national budget contribution to CAP: 5 380 million
(90 per citizen)
Total CAP spending in United Kingdom: 4 347 million (72 per citizen)
Net budgetary gain or loss: -1 033 million (-17 per citizen)
Total farm payments in United Kingdom: 4 067 million
Total non-farm payments in United Kingdom: 280 million
Average farm payment: 14 473
Average farm payment per hectare of farmland: 238
Average farm payment per farm worker: 11 546

>From http://www.farmsubsidy.org

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Re: [diggers350] UK farm subsidy in relation to farm size
From:    "Peter Hack" <petercrispin at yahoo.co.uk>
Date:    Sat, January 13, 2007 10:34 am
To:      "Mark" <mark at tlio.org.uk>
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It is worth noting that Right to Know legislation
brought in by the Labour gov gives us the Right to
know who gets what at a farm level in England. The
welsh and scottish parliaments remain in awe of the
power of landowners and continue to regard it as a
matter of commercial confidentiality.

           Peter Hack
--- Mark <mark at tlio.org.uk> wrote:

> 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
>
>