Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 9 October 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the level of production for each (a) food stock and (b) animal feed stock type in (i) 2008, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2006, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2004; and if he will make a statement.
Information on the level of UK production of the major crop and livestock products for the calendar years 2004 to 2007, in thousand tonnes, which is published in "Agriculture in the United Kingdom", is presented in the following table. It should be noted that the figures for 2007 are provisional and 2008 data will not be published in full until around March 2009.
Certain items have food uses only i.e. fruit, vegetables, potatoes and all of the livestock products. Peas harvested dry and field beans are used for animal feed only. In the case of sugar beet and oilseed rape, these are processed to make sugar and oils respectively which are used for food and it is the by-products (pulp, molasses, meal/cake) which are used for animal feed. Cereals have a dual use for food and animal feed. The approximate proportions used within the food and animal feed sector are given in the second table.
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UK crop and livestock production (a) | 2004( 1) | 2005( 1) | 2006( 1) | 2007( 1) |
Wheat (b) | 15,473 | 14,863 | 14,735 | 13,137 |
Barley (b) | 5,816 | 5,495 | 5,239 | 5,079 |
Oats (b) | 627 | 532 | 728 | 712 |
Oilseed Rape (c) | 1,607 | 1,898 | 1,890 | 2,108 |
Sugar Beet | 9,042 | 8,687 | 7,400 | 7,525 |
Sugar (c) | 1,390 | 1,341 | 1,157 | 1,164 |
Peas for harvesting dry (d) | 176 | 156 | 122 | 80 |
Field beans (d) | 661 | 705 | 617 | 375 |
Fresh vegetables (e) | 2,591 | 2,737 | 2,650 | 2,526 |
Fresh fruit (e) | 294 | 363 | 392 | 398 |
Potatoes (e) | 6,246 | 5,979 | 5,727 | 5,635 |
Milk - volume for human consumption (e) | 13,930 | 13,839 | 13,714 | 13,443 |
Hen eggs (e) | 892 | 884 | 853 | 825 |
Cattle and calves beef and veal (e) | 2,361 | 2,409 | 2,702 | 2,723 |
Pigs and pigmeat (e) | 8,841 | 8,709 | 8,731 | 9,084 |
Sheep and lambs mutton and lamb (e) | 15,493 | 16,539 | 16,590 | 15,979 |
Poultry and poultrymeat (e) | 882 | 903 | 880 | 871 |
(1) Provisional (a) These figures only relate to UK production and do not include imports or exports. (b) Wheat, barley and oats can be used for both food and animal feed. (c) The by-products from these industries are used in the manufacture of animal feed. (d) Used within the animal feed sector only. (e) Used within the food sector only. |
In terms of total domestic uses, which will take into account imports and exports, the approximate proportions of the cereals crops used within the food and animal feed sector are given in the table. The remainder covers other uses such as seed.
Crop | Food | Feed |
Wheat | 42 | 51 |
Barley | 35 | 63 |
Oats | 59 | 38 |
A link to the publication "Agriculture in the United Kingdom" is provided which gives access to detailed information on production, supply and use. https://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/publications/auk/default.asp
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