On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:26:36 -0000, "Hamish Macbeth"
wrote:


"Oz" wrote in message
...


Ave net farm income (that is BEFORE drawings and investment) is 15-20
UKP/ac, and has fallen 300 UKP/Ha since 1995.



Naughty there Oz, mixing your units.

Double naughty, since 1995 was a historic peak year.

Farmers in England have just closed their books on their most
profitable year, thanks to a combination of high prices for produce
world shortages and EU aid payments. But celebration would be
prematu the bad news is, it is all downhill from here.
(The Times, September 27 1996)