Farming in the UK

As known by many, since the Industrial Revolution, The United Kingdom has grown a lot in terms of machinery, and agriculture hasn’t been apart from that. It has been used to increase the production and to reduce the handwork on the English.

In the United Kingdom, agriculture is one of the main positive factors of the economy. It is very productive because it is highly mechanized and it doesn’t need a lot of labour force. The merchandise produced in the UK depends mainly on the soil and on the climate. For example, in England, the main products are potatoes, wheat, oats, and barley, among other grains, fruits and vegetables. On the other hand, Scotland also produces these products, but it produces strawberries and carrots as well.

Superficially, it could seem like The United Kingdom is not an agricultural country, but with some research, we know now that this country exports a lot of the production obtained with this activity. These exportations represent a huge income to the UK’s economy.

Some interesting facts about agriculture ;)

o Farming contributed £5.6 billion to the UK economy in 2006.
o The total area of agricultural land in 2006 was 18.7 million hectares, about 77 per cent of the total land area in the United Kingdom (excluding inland water).
o Agriculture provides around 60 per cent of Britain's food needs

Agriculture may be seen as a non-important activity in The United Kingdom but it is, and it a positive factor in the UK’s economy because it keeps it growing.