Showing posts with label agricultural industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agricultural industry. Show all posts

Monday, 20 May 2013

Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Lowest Since 2004

Total factor productivity in the agricultural industry has fallen by 3.2% between 2011 and 2012 to its lowest since 2004. It is the largest single year fall since 1985. The poor weather conditions in 2012 are said to be responsible. Looking at the longer period the output of the industry has remained more or less unchanged between 1986 and 2012 while the inputs and entrepreneurial labour fell by 19%. This had the effect of increasing productivity by 20%.

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Farm Incomes Show Slight Increase In 2010

The provisional estimates of the total income from farming for 2010 and previous years published by Defra and ONS show that TIFF per annual work unit (AWU) of entrepreneurial labour fell in 2010 by 3.4% in real terms to £23,953. Total Income from Farming increased marginally by £3.7m to £4.38bn and in real terms with adjustments for inflation fell by £198.4m.

Total factor productivity for the agricultural industry in the UK has increased by 49% since 1973. During that time the volume of the final output has risen by 25% while inputs have fallen by 16%.