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Measuring the difference between top and bottom performing cereals and oilseeds farms
Tables below show the difference in income and key variables between top and bottom performing cereal and oilseeds farms.
Cereals and Oilseeds farm business income £/year
| Mean farm business income of top performing farms (£/year) | Mean farm business income of matched bottom performing farms (£/year) | Difference of farm business income (£/year) |
| 169,000 | 65,380 | 104,060 |
Variables between top and bottom performing farms
| Variables | Mean of top performing farms | Mean of matched bottom performing farms |
| Agricultural output (£'000) | 342 | 257 |
| Wheat yield (t/ha) | 8.76 | 8.00 |
| Average wheat price (£/tonne) | 171 | 161 |
| Economic Relative Size (% of SLR) | 88.9 | 82.9 |
| AES payments (£/ha) | 19.95 | 23.83 |
| Owned land (% of total land) | 77 | 60 |
| Unpaid labour (% of all labour) | 68.9 | 64.4 |
| Total agricultural costs (£’000) | 276 | 337 |
| As a % of total agricultural costs: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture overheads (%) | 44.2 | 59.3 |
| Agriculture variable costs (%) | 55.8 | 40.7 |
| Seed costs (%) | 7.0 | 5.5 |
| Fertiliser costs (%) | 15.4 | 10.9 |
| Crop protection costs (%) | 15.2 | 11.6 |
| General farming costs (%) | 9.8 | 11.0 |
| Agricultural labour costs (%) | 5.0 | 7.2 |
| Machinery costs (%) | 18.9 | 22.9 |
|
Contracting costs as a proportion of all machinery & contracting (%) |
35 | 20 |
SLR: Standard Labour Requirement
AES: Agri-environment Scheme
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