A NATIONAL Farmers' Union survey of 2,000 farmers in England and Wales illustrates the extent of environmental activity carried out by farmers. Each of the 2,000 people surveyed carried out some form of environmental management. The key findings:
- the average farmer spends 11 hours a month protecting the landscape
- the average farmer spends £183/month on environmental work; half said their spending increased in the last five years
- amongst the variety of environmental work, hedgerow management was tops (27pc), with pond management at 20pc.
The NFU, in releasing the results of the survey, noted that the work is being carried out "despite the crippling slump in arable farmers' incomes to just £4,500 a year".
Updated: 08:58 Thursday, July 04, 2002
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