Agricultural livestock
The agricultural livestock industry produces and manages primary food groups including dairy, beef, sheep, pigs and poultry.
The main product on a farm varies according to its soil type and local weather conditions. Farms vary from remote hill farms with beef cattle and sheep through to mixed farms with crops and livestock and specialist indoor pig and poultry farms with virtually no land.
Farmers in the industry are responsible for managing the land in an environmentally friendly way. They protect areas of special scientific interest.
There are approximately 75,000 livestock farm businesses in the UK, employing approximately 304,200 people. Some 74% of the land surface in the UK is under agricultural production.
Over the last 25 years, livestock production has increased by 22%, with the production of poultry more than doubling.
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