East Anglian farmers feel the pinch

19 September 2000



East Anglian farmers feel the pinch

MANY farmers in what is traditionally one of Britains richest agricultural regions now earn less that the minimum wage, reports The Daily Telegraph.

Incomes for producers in East Anglia have halved since 1996, and fell sharply last year, according to a survey by chartered accountants Larking Gowen.

Prices for arable crops and livestock had fallen while costs, which had fallen in recent years, had started to rise again.

• Farm financial crisis gets worse, FWi, 29 November, 1999
• No sign of end to cereal income spiral, FWi, 24 June, 1999
• East Anglian cereal farmers face bumpy ride, FWi, 27 August, 1998
  
• The Daily Telegraph 19/09/2000 page 14