Livestock farm income rises but arable falls.

The article reports that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of Great Britain predicted the average farm business incomes for the year to the end of February 2014. Topics discussed include the profitability of English livestock farms in 2013 but arable incomes declined, projected increase in incomes on dairy and pig farms in 2014, slight recovery of grazing livestock and poultry farm incomes and decline of cereals and general cropping incomes.