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


"Oz" wrote in message
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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.

depends because with beef and store cattle BSE hit in March and
depending when your financial year ended 95 was good, bad or
indifferent.
Our financial year end is the end of April so 95 wasn't too bad, anyone
selling a lot of Cattle in spring with a May or june year end could have
a bad year.

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Jim Webster

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