British Agriculture

British Agriculture

British Agriculture supplies nearly two-thirds of the country's food. Agriculture in Great Britain is efficient; it is based on modern technology and research.

Nearly 80% of the land is used for agriculture. Soils vary from the poor ones of highland Britain to the rich fertile soils in the eastern and southeastern parts of England.

Britain is self-sufficient in milk, eggs to a very great extent, in meat, potatoes, wheat. However, it needs to import butter, cheese, sugar and some other agricultural products.

There are about 55 000 farms in Britain. There are three main types of farming in Great Britain: pastoral, arable, mixed. 60% of farms are devoted mainly to dairying or beef cattle and sheep. Milk production is of the first importance in the structure of British agriculture.

The main cereal crops in Great Britain are wheat, barley and oats. Great Britain produces different kinds of fruit: apples, pears, cherries, gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries and others. Potatoes are grown for sale, for fodder and for seed.

Tractors, combines and other equipment are used on British farms. But today the main tendency in British agriculture is that small traditional farms are gradually disappearing because they cannot compete with big industrial farms. Private woods make up 56% of the total forests area in Great Britain.

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