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1137: Defra Farming and Food Brief, September 2010

Defra,'s monthly briefing

Year of Publication2010

Red diesel and fertiliser prices have levelled over the summer, cereal prices have been volatile, pig prices have fallen but the farmgate price of milk is slightly higher than a year ago. Bank lending to agriculture is 4% higher than the corresponding month in 2009. Minimum tillage was carried out on 40% of arable land, 78% of dairy cattle were housed in cubicles, most pigs were in straw beds and most laying hens in cages. There was a slight decrease in the number of new bTB cases in the first six months of 2010 compared to last year.

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• Subject Collection > Rural policy & development > Economic development
• Subject Collection > Business > Farm management
• Subject Collection > Business

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