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Table B2 Average tenant's capital and net farm income, 1996-97

£ per farm

Type of farm

Size of business(1)

Average of opening and closing valuations

Net farm income

Medium-term capital

Short-term (working) capital

Total

Breeding livestock

Machinery

Trading livestock

Crops

Other

LFA: Specialist sheep

Small

19,027

16,514

5,267

1,192

1,037

43,037

11,530

Medium

62,773

25,316

24,670

2,264

2,755

117,778

14,798

Large

127,965

54,360

39,240

1,765

6,961

230,290

27,155

All sizes

28,247

18,534

9,208

1,396

1,416

58,802

12,296

LFA: Specialist beef

Small

27,055

21,099

20,563

4,446

1,800

74,964

10,743

Medium

67,545

34,679

42,612

9,670

4,071

158,578

26,322

Large

108,501

59,985

80,409

17,254

8,666

274,816

34,677

All sizes

45,278

27,854

31,347

6,925

2,950

114,353

17,343

LFA: Cattle and sheep

Small

30,290

19,749

15,376

2,004

1,917

69,336

9,182

Medium

68,736

37,084

37,298

6,240

4,583

153,940

24,376

Large

138,323

74,894

75,299

17,074

12,854

318,443

44,524

All sizes

56,164

32,045

29,965

5,165

4,049

127,388

18,689

Lowground cattle and

Small

8,747

19,576

30,452

2,302

133

61,210

1,959

sheep

Medium

32,868

26,953

61,188

6,648

4,077

131,733

4,501

Large

101,606

179,652

59,585

18,846

15,714

375,401

7,781

All sizes

22,373

35,958

39,541

4,740

2,398

105,010

3,027

Cereals

Small

1,021

34,152

9,014

7,659

6,285

58,131

10,683

Medium

3,154

73,758

10,621

29,194

20,945

137,672

30,224

Large

0

121,922

0

75,159

34,287

231,368

70,428

All sizes

1,612

59,332

8,362

23,983

15,008

108,297

25,296

General cropping

Small

1,008

37,352

7,000

4,932

5,817

56,109

7,113

Medium

6,884

55,345

19,956

9,885

10,017

102,085

21,625

Large

14,474

116,593

19,540

40,850

32,082

223,538

20,263

All sizes

8,829

76,908

17,201

21,613

18,240

142,791

18,172

Dairy

Small

17,002

14,351

16,909

2,324

1,064

51,649

-1,411

Medium

48,355

44,241

43,634

4,704

5,672

146,606

18,675

Large

93,163

77,402

73,037

11,955

9,603

265,160

55,743

All sizes

61,628

53,508

51,833

7,076

6,682

180,728

30,142

Mixed

Small

6,587

25,587

28,440

7,886

5,088

73,588

7,540

Medium

31,524

51,035

46,789

15,325

9,491

154,165

15,507

Large

76,541

91,292

69,658

26,340

18,460

282,290

46,015

All sizes

28,804

47,125

42,739

14,031

9,215

141,914

17,860

All farm types

Small

16,775

23,583

16,007

4,382

3,002

63,749

9,303

Medium

41,674

46,544

34,249

11,216

8,229

141,913

22,252

Large

60,844

97,173

47,718

31,329

21,107

258,171

41,680

All sizes

33,259

44,381

27,986

11,429

7,966

125,020

19,482

(1) Defined in terms of total standard gross margin (SGM average value 1987 to 1989).
1 ESU (European Size Unit) = 1200 ECU's.
The size groups are:- Small 8-<40 ESU;
Medium 40-<100 ESU;
Large 100-<200 ESU (100 ESU and over on cropping farms).