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11/05/2007 00:00:00
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THE BLAIR ERA BY NUMBERS | ||
|
1997 |
2007 | |
| No. of people employed in UK agriculture |
616,000 |
534,000* |
| Finished steers (p/kg lw) |
91 |
105 |
| Finished lambs (p/kg lw) |
145 |
101 |
| Finished pigs (p/kg dw) |
118 |
107 |
| Milk (p/l) |
24 |
18 |
| Feed wheat (£/t) |
95 |
96 |
| Milling wheat (£/t) |
105 |
101 |
| Potatoes |
50 |
176 |
| Oilseed rape |
170 |
167 |
| *estimated | ||
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