agriculture in the united kingdom 1997 produced by ministry of fisheries and food scottish office environment department for northern ireland welsh london stationery ii g94 crown copyright 1998 published under licence from controller her majesty s applications reproduction should be made writing to unit st clements house 2 16 colegate norwich nr3 1bq isbn 0 11 243 0368 paper on which this publication is printed uses pulp managed forests only total chlorine free tcf cover photograph tractor cultivator view trailed operation seed bed iii contents preface page vii 1 summary year structure industry 5 3 policy developments 15 4 output prices input costs 39 commodities 41 cereals 42 other crops 49 horticulture 58 livestock 63 products 70 6 agricultural incomes 76 7 farm rents land balance sheets 94 8 business data 98 9 public expenditure 105 iv index section three