Agricultural Statistics 2008

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR 2008

CONTENTS

Foreword 3

Section

Agricultural Structure . 4 Miscellaneous data . 5 Number of holdings . 5

Number of businesses claiming Single Area Payment (SAP) and Quality Milk Payment (QMP) 6

Single Area Payment 6 Quality Milk Payment .. 6

Farm labour . 7 Export values 7 Vegetable exports 8

Flower exports .. 9

Outdoor Crops . 10 Potatoes . 11

Area 11 Production . 11 Covered with polythene 11 Outdoor fruit and vegetables 12 Vegetables . 13 Fruit crops .. 13

Summary........................... 13 Outdoor flower crops. 14 Flower crops .. 14

Protected Crops . 15

Glasshouse areas . 16 Glasshouse cropping . 16/17 Polythene tunnel areas 17 Polythene tunnel cropping 18/19 Protected organic sector 19

Livestock . 20 Cattle, including the dairy industry .. 21

Other Livestock - Pigs....... 21 Poultry... 22 Sheep....22 Goats ....22 Equine animals 22 Cattle numbers 23 Herd numbers and size . 24

Number of herds by size (milking animals) 25 Grass areas .25

Cereal areas .. 26 Other livestock ....26 Tables

1. Agricultural structure (revised). 4
2. Miscellaneous data 5
3. Number of holdings claiming Single Area Payment.. 6
4. Farm Labour 7
5. Vegetable exports (value and quantity).................... 8
6. Flower exports (value and quantity). 9
7. Potato areas........ 11
8. Outdoor fruit and vegetable crops (area).12
9. Outdoor flower crops (area). 14
10. Glasshouse areas .. 16
11. Glasshouse cropping (area). 16
12. Polythene tunnel areas ..17
13. Polythene tunnel cropping (area)..18
14. Cattle numbers 23
15. Herd numbers and size .. 24
16. Grass areas. 25
17. Cereal areas 26
18. Other livestock 26

Charts

1. Number of holdings 5
2. Export values .. 7
3. Area of Jersey Royals covered with polythene . 11
4. Number of herds by size 25

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR 2008 Foreword

The Agricultural Statistics Return give a clear representation of the current areas within production and the number of livestock on agricultural holdings and are continually being refined to more accurately reflect agricultural use of the land area of Jersey.

These statistics are used in the formulation of Policy and help identify the impact of Policy changes. This is particularly important because the Rural Economy Strategy is being reviewed in 2009/10 with a new Policy to be implemented in 2011.

I am therefore pleased to present the Agricultural Statistics Return for 2008.

Connétable Len Norman

Assistant Minister Economic Development

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR 2008

This document summarises selected information collected from the agricultural returns completed in October 2008 by those who occupy or manage agricultural land of more than one vergée.

Agricultural Structure

Table 1: AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE (revised table)

1 - 10 vergées 84 76 375 347 332 Above 10 < 25 vergées 53 63 166 148 127 Above 25 < 50 vergées 52 57 69 61 62 Above 50 < 75 vergées 27 21 25 21 25 Above 75 < 100 vergées 8 7 8 7 8 Above 100 < 250 vergées 25 25 23 25 24 Above 250 < 500 vergées 25 22 19 16 18 Above 500 < 1000 vergées 6 7 10 7 8 Above 1000 vergées 4 5 4 3 3

Total 284 283 699 635 607

1* Not recorded

2*NB. A holding does not constitute a working farm but represents a company or individual owning a recognised area of land which is classified as agricultural and to which certain conditions apply.

Table 2: MISCELLANEOUS DATA

Chart 1: Number of Holdings* 2008– Distribution by size

Number of holdings

350

300

250

200

150 Number

100 50 0

1 - 10 Above Above Above Above Above Above Above Above vergées 10 < 25 25 < 50 50 < 75 75 < 100 100 < 250 < 500 < 1000

vergées vergées vergées vergées 250 500 1000 vergées vergées vergées vergées

*NB. A holding does not constitute a working farm but represents a company or individual owning a recognised area of land which is classified as agricultural and to which certain conditions apply.

Number of businesses claiming Single Area Payment (S.A.P) and Quality Milk Payment (Q.M.P)

A better understanding of the level of commercial agricultural activity can be gauged by examining the number of businesses which claim the S.A.P and Q.M.P.

Table 3: NUMBER OF HOLDINGS CLAIMING S.A.P and Q.M.P.

2008 2008 Total Holdings Businesses claiming

S.A.P & Q.M.P 1 - 10 vergées 332 7 Above 10 < 25 vergées 127 15 Above 25 < 50 vergées 62 17 Above 50 < 75 vergées 25 11 Above 75 < 100 vergées 8 3 Above 100 < 250 vergées 24 26 Above 250 < 500 vergées 18 15 Above 500 < 1000 vergées 8 6 Above 1000 vergées 3 3

Total 607 103 Holdings  claiming  S.A.P

& Q.M.P

Total  agricultural  land

area 35,684 26,192 Land  area  subject  to 73 %

S.A.P & Q.M.P

Single Area Payment

35,684 vergées of land are classified as agricultural however not all tenants or owners of this land claim the Single Area Payment that they are entitled to.

Land eligible for the S.A.P will include all land used for agricultural activity, including livestock grazing, fields in a recognised arable rotation and fields used by commercial livery stables, provided the land user is either a bona fide agriculturalist or recognised as a smallholder. The S.A.P will be paid to the person who is responsible for the agricultural management of the land and in most cases this will be the legal tenant. The S.A.P may exclude certain Countryside Renewal Scheme (C.R.S) elements where there is no economic production (e.g. buffer zones) as the payment rate for these C.R.S components includes loss of S.A.P.

Quality Milk Payment

Dairy farms receive an additional payment which amounted to £180 per cow per in 2008.

Receipt of the S.A.P and Q.M.P will be conditional on the applicants' compliance with basic levels of Good Agricultural and Environmental Practices (e.g. The Water Code, Animal Welfare Codes, etc) and the provision of basic financial data.

Table 4: FARM LABOUR *

* Peak Season

Farm Labour

Full time employees showed an increase of 9% to 737. Part time staff increased by 17% though there was a drop in the use of seasonal and casual workers.

Chart 2: Export values (%)

Export Values %

Narcissus Peppers

4% 1% Tomatoes

11%

Other flowers 1%

Other veg

2%

Courgettes

2%

Potatoes 79%

Table 5: VEGETABLE EXPORTS

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Tonnes Value (£) Tonnes Value (£) Tonnes Value (£) Tonnes Value (£) Tonnes Value (£) Beans 7 11,472 19 42,125 73 131,583 65 134,259 77 151,464 Cauliflower 186 78,483 157 63,443 141 69,694 33 30,671 58 88,691 Courgettes 1,569 990,806 757 626,018 1,105 868,562 735 695,763 715 678,249

Parsley 38 Potatoes 31,507

Sweet

303 Pepper

Tomatoes 5,787 Others 3 TOTALS 39,400

22,133 16 23,732,332 36,984

447,176 557 5,685,947 3,595 1,855 151 30,970,204 42,236

20,506 NR 19,667,992 31,262

790,601 360 4,673,152 3,039 61,513 364 25,945,350 36,344

NR NR 23,763,736 32,316

525,184 286 4,431,782 2,941 202,237 608 29,992,778 36,984

NR NR NR 23,327,774 28,706 24,476,056

432,833 199 310,000 4,081,372 2,273 3,400,000 282,419 641 293,484 28,985,091 32,669 29,397,944

Table 6: FLOWER EXPORTS

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Packs Alstroemeria 1,120 Anemones 508 Carnation 5,012 Gypsophila 5

Iris 1,209 Lilies 430

Narcissus

57,182 Flowers

Pinks 1,843 Others 997 Sub total 68,306

Narcissus

NR Bulbs (t)

Total

Total  Value of all crops

Value (£) Packs 23,574 1,178 6,340 20 105,937 3,537 93 132 37,701 203 8,163 1,425 636,291 50,671 21,830 1.192 17,787 2,613 857,716 71,356 NR NR 857,716

£31,827,920

Value (£) Packs 25,450 NR 316 NR 64,356 NR 2,162 NR 7,632 NR 36,489 4,749 601,363 74,359 14,906 NR 32,226 5,370 924,591 84,478 NR 508

924,591 £26,869,941

Value (£) Packs NR NR NR NR NR 1,604 NR NR NR NR 113,201 5,639 701,304 64,097 NR NR 97,712 2,442 912,217 73,782 228,000 558 1,140,217

£31,132,995

Value (£) Packs Value (£) NR 513 12,502

NR NR NR

31,502 NR NR

NR NR NR

NR NR NR 137,865 5,061 134,571 659,822 56,169 584,773 NR 567 10,401 38,485 70 1,742 867,674 62,380 743,989 275,548 722 500,000 1,143,222 1,243,989 £30,128,313 30,641,933

Outdoor Crops

Table 7: POTATO AREAS

Vergées 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Potatoes

Royals 15,273 14,186 13,206 12,721 14,845 (Royals under polythene) (7,442) (6,462) (6,661) (6,985) (6,344) Autumn Earlies 204 238 383 202 228 Other potatoes (incl. maincrop) 511 861 712 843 1,007

Potatoes

Area

The area of early Jersey Royals, following a steady period of falling production increased by 17% in 2008 to 14,845 vergées. This increase was primarily due to the development of a new potato producing/export company.

The autumn early increased by 13% to 228 vergées, representing 2% of the total area of Jersey Royal potatoes

The area of maincrop potatoes grown, increased by 19 % to 1007 vergées.

Production

Exports fell by 11% to 28,706 tonnes. However returns increased by 5% to £24,476,056 with the gross return per tonne increasing by 18% to £853 per tonne.

Chart 3: Area of Jersey Royals covered with polythene

16000

Royals

14000 Royals under polythene 12000

10000 8000 Vergees6000 4000 2000

0

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year

Though the area of Jersey Royals rose, the use of polythene decreased from 55% to 43% of the total area grown.

Table 8: OUTDOOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CROPS (Vergées)

Vegetables

Beans

Beans expanded from 49 vergées to 51 vergées an increase of 4%.

Cabbage

The area fell by 8% to 98 vergées.

Carrots

There was a 34% rise in area from 139 vergées to 186 vergées.

Cauliflowers

Summer cauliflowers increased from 47 vergées to 71 vergées a rise of 51%. The autumn crop increased by 38% though the winter crop continued to decline with a further fall of 12%.

Courgettes

Spring planted courgettes increased 12% to 207 vergées and the autumn crop by 28%, from 208 to 267 vergées.

Leeks

Leeks increased in area by 18% to 86 vergées.

Lettuce

The increase in lettuce came to an end with a 6% fall in area from 173 vergées to 163 vergées.

Onions

The onion area fell by 57% to 55 vergées.

Parsley

The area of parsley continued to decline with a further fall of 33% to 41 vergées.

Fruit Crops

Strawberries

Production was down further to 39 vergées a fall of 22%.

Other soft and cane fruit

Other soft and cane fruit decreased from 75 to 70 vergées a fall of 7%.

Summary

The total area of outdoor fruit and vegetables saw an increase in area from 16,336 vergées to 18,763 a rise of 2427 vg (15%). Of this total, potatoes accounted for 16,080 vg an increase of 2,314 vg. Again the majority of the change was due to the amount of potatoes grown. There was a slight increase of 113 vg in the other outdoor fruit and vegetables. Crops grown to a recognised organic standard showed a 78% increase to 1,041 vergées.

Table 9: OUTDOOR FLOWER CROPS (Vergées)

Flower Crops

Narcissus

First year plantings were down by 44 vg (11%) to 352 vg, second year up 92% to 323 vg and 2 year plus crops down 55% to 120 vg. The total area was down 4% to 795vg.

Other

The remaining crops accounted for 10% of the outdoor flower area.

Protected Crops

Table 10: GLASSHOUSE AREAS (m2)

Glasshouse Areas

The total glasshouse area fell a further 6% to 344,887 m2, the area of heated glass declined by 70,208 m2, a fall of 30%. Glass not cropped increased by

9,769 m2, an increase of 21%. These changes reflected the difficult trading conditions in 2007 and 2008. It is expected these figures will deteriorate further in 2009.

Table 11: GLASSHOUSE CROPPING (m2)

Glasshouse Cropping Tomatoes

The area of tomatoes planted before the 1st of February fell by 12,502 m2, 11% although the later planted area increased by 29% to 6,683 m2, giving an overall fall in tomato production of 9%. The gross value per tonne exported increased from £1,388 per tonne to £1,496 per tonne (an 8% increase).

Potatoes

Potatoes planted before the 1st of November decreased by 30,645 m2 a 70% fall and the later planted crop decreased by 21% to 21,090 m2.

Strawberries

The strawberry area fell by 6%.

Beans

Beans continued to decline and production fell by 37%, to 4,524 m2.

Sweet Peppers

The area grown, increased by 105% to 37,137 m2.

Ornamentals

The overall ornamental production decreased by 37,083 m2 to 117,225 m2. The area of locally grown carnations continued to contract with standard carnations falling by 65% and spray carnations by 55%.

Other ornamentals increased by 41% to 22,963 vergées. Bedding plant production decreased by 27%.

Table 12: POLYTHENE TUNNEL AREAS (m2)

Area of Single Span 81,339 90,894 105,577 101,981 89,703 Total area of polythene tunnels 213,808 229,216 218,159 221,091 205,119

Of which:

Area heated 84,107 62,883 55,872 48,984 52,956 Area not cropped in last 12 months 7,700 13,796 22,506 16,514 8,262

% of production area not cropped 4 6 10 7 4

Polythene Tunnel Areas

The total area of polythene tunnels decreased by 7% to 205,119 m2. The area of multi-span tunnels fell by 3,694 m2 and the area of single spans by 12,278 m2. The non-cropped area fell by 50% to 8,262 m2.

Table 13: POLYTHENE TUNNEL CROPPING (m2)

Polythene Tunnel Cropping Fruit and vegetables

Potatoes

Potato production decreased, by 2% to 143,758 m2.

Tomatoes

Tomato area decreased 21% to 7,054 m2 from 8,950 m2.

Beans

Bean area fell 4% from 14,260 m2 to 13,639 m2.

Sweet Peppers

Sweet peppers were down 1,810 m2 to 7,019 m2 a decrease of 21%.

Other

The overall production fell 7%, with only courgettes (up 20%) and strawberries (up 22%) showing any growth.

Ornamentals

Ornamental production grew by 17% to 62,702 m2 with increases in production of freesias, lilies, pot plants and others. Protected Organic Sector

5,842 m2 of organic crops were grown under protection of which 2138 m2 were Jersey Royal potatoes.

Livestock

Cattle (including the dairy industry) (Table 14)

Milk production on dairy farms supplying the Jersey Milk Marketing Board has fallen from 13,347,688 litres in 2007 to 11,799,000 litres in 2008 a fall of 11.6%. This fall in production resulted from the 2007 Industry Restructuring Scheme, promoted by the Jersey Milk Marketing Board (JMMB), which led to 2 dairy farmers with approximately 400 cows leaving the industry reducing the number of registered producers supplying the JMMB to 28. In addition to those dairy farmers supplying milk to the JMMB there is one independent organic dairy farmer processing his milk for sale direct to the public and one new entrant into the industry who has yet to start selling milk.

Herd and Cattle Numbers (Tables 14 and 15)

In 2007 the total cattle population in Jersey was 5899 animals with the number of cows and milking heifers amounting to 3571. In 2008 the cattle population has declined to 5092 with cows and heifers in milk at 3050 a reduction of 12.2% and 14.6% respectively. The average size of registered herds has declined slightly from 112 in 2007 to 102 in 2008 however the average milk yield per cow has risen year on year from 3738 litres in 2007 to 3869 litres per cow in 2008. The decline in herd size is a direct result of one very large dairy farm, of over 300 cows, leaving the industry during the Industry Restructuring Scheme. The rise in individual milk output per cow is thought to be attributed to farmers being able to sell their cull cows more quickly to the human consumption market reducing the unproductive time these animals spend in the herd.

The largest recorded milking herd in Jersey holds just under 300 milking animals. There are 19 herds holding less than 100 cows which in total contain 774 cows or 25.4% of the Island herd (average herd size 40.7) and there are 11 herds holding over 100 cows containing 2276 cows or 74.6% of the Island herd (average herd size 206.9).These figures illustrate the polarisation of production into larger commercial farm units.

The gross sales value of the milk delivered to Jersey Dairy increased from £10,175,000 (76.2ppl) in 2007 to £10,528,000 (89.2ppl) a rise of 3.5% this is despite a much reduced milk intake. This increase in the value of gross sales illustrates the success Jersey Dairy is having in developing value added export markets with a consequent reduction in the amount of surplus milk being manufactured into low value commodity products owing to the restructuring scheme in 2007.

The price paid to conventional producers by Jersey Dairy has risen year on year from 34.3ppl in 2007 to 42.1ppl in 2008. The above increase to producer prices was due to the increased returns from the market place being past on to producers to cover the steep increases in the prices paid for concentrates feeds, fertilisers and land rental charges.

Other Livestock (Table 18)

Poultry

Egg production from laying hens is the largest poultry sector in Jersey however the number of laying hens has decreased for the third year in a row down from 17,649 in 2007 to 16,752 in 2008 a drop of 5.1% year on year. Meat production from broiler chickens has made a dramatic rise year on year from 1550 birds in 2007 up to 5501 birds in 2008. It has been estimated that over 500,000 broiler chickens are imported into Jersey on an annual basis and it is surprising that more are not produced on the Island? Meat from ducks, geese and turkeys has again remained static year on year with 1768 birds in 2007 and 1792 in 2008.

Goats

The number of goats in Jersey is very small however there has been a small increase year on year from 15 in 2007 to 23 in 2008. The market for goat milk and milk products is growing and it is understood a considerable amount of goat meat is also imported into Jersey.

Pigs

This has been a growing sector in the rural economy up until 2007 however the amount of pigs held on farms declined from 832 in 2007 to 615 mainly due to one of the main producers leaving the industry. The decline in breeding sows to 67 in 2008 from 114 in 2007 is a concern as this will result in fewer finished pigs being presented at the abattoir in the next 12 months.

Sheep

There is increasing interest from the local meat trade for local quality lamb and this is reflected in the increase in total sheep numbers in previous years up from 551 in 2007 to 703 in 2008 a growth of 21% year on year. The growth in sheep numbers may however be curtailed by the high cost of rented land and increased food and fertiliser costs leading to lower margins.

Equines (kept on farms)

Horses owned by farmers increased by 52 to 428 in 2008 a rise of 14%. The number of horses at livery also saw a rise from 376 to 428, following a fall the previous year.

Donkeys owned by farmers have remained static at around 30 animals over the last 5 years, there were no donkeys or mules recorded at livery in 2008.

Table 14: CATTLE (Numbers)

Table 15: HERD NUMBERS AND SIZE

Classification  of

Herd

2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008* (cows  and  heifers

in milk)

Herds Cows Herds Cows Herds Cows Herds Cows Herds Cows 1-19 13 57 17 101 21 120 6 78 7 68 20-49 7 180 3 95 2 55 4 147 5 192 50-69 3 185 6 360 6 362 2 129 2 124 70-99 8 706 7 578 7 592 9 756 5 390 100-149 2 230 2 268 4 484 1 140 2 233 150-199 5 870 6 1,018 4 714 4 743 3 545 200-299 4 879 2 447 3 706 5 1247 6 1498 300+ 1 342 1 302 1 330 1 331 NR NR

Total milking

animals

Herds and animals 43 3,449 44 3,169 48 3363 32 3571 30 3050 Average  number

cows and heifers per 80 72 70 112 102

herd

*Registered producers only from 2007. The premises of registered producers are licensed to sell milk for human consumption and are regularly inspected to ensure compliance with current Dairy Hygiene Regulations.

Chart 4: Number of herds by size (Milking Animals*)

60

50

300+ 40 200-299 150-199

30 100-149

70-99 Number 50-69

20

20-49 <19

10

0

2006 2007 2008 Year

*Registered producers only from 2007 Table 16: GRASS AREAS (vg)

* Amended figure

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Grass (at 1st October)

Total area of grassland 11,683 12,207 16,680 18,595 14,539

Of which grown to a recognised organic standard 820 693 654 822 1,147 Table 17: CEREAL AREAS (vg) Of which grown as part of organic conversion 222 177 819 697 191

process

Area cut for hay 736 715 984 1,745 1,126 1st Cut 202 366 267 469 201 2nd Cut 99 30 NR 15 64 3rd Cut

Area cut for silage 2,745 2,896 2,758 2,679 2,448 1st Cut 1,342 1,473 1,347 1,319 1,364 2nd Cut 251 186 190 210 359 3rd Cut

Haylage 286 283 354 303 318 1st Cut 36 86 262 209 295 2nd Cut 63 60 98 193 150 3rd Cut

1,314 1,523 1,568 1,465 1,865 Table 18: OTHER LIVESTOCK Forage Maize 204 91 188 280 195

Other Stock Feed Crops NR NR NR 16 NR

Other Crops for Green Cover 9,539 10,782 4,745 3,588* 5,377

Green Manure/Cover Crops