Farming distribution in the UK

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Farming distribution in the UK

• Aim To discover how farming is spread across the
  UK.
• Resources
• New Connections P.34-35
• Outline map of the UK
• Growing Season Worksheet

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What is the distribution of farming?

• Study fig A on page 34, then complete the
  following activity
• Task A - On the outline map provided complete the
  map, shade in the zones and add the information
  from the boxes.

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• CROFTING small farms in the highlands of
  Scotland worked at subsistence level (now rarely
  found)
• SUSBSISTENCE farming food to support the family
  rather than to sell
• INTENSIVE farms with a big input of eg. labour,
  capital (money), fertilisers, technology to give
  high yields from a small area
• EXTENSIVE low input using a large area of land
  to get high yields
• YIELD how much a farmer gets from each hectare
  (10,000 sq. metres)

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The crop - Oilseed

• Why do farmers want to grow this crop?
• Give 5 reasons why many farmers grow oilseed.
• 2. Why do some people not like fields of
  oilseed rape?

Click on the photo for a short film on farming
oilseed in Scotland 353
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Set Aside Farm Woodland Protection Scheme.

• Read the information on fig c d p.35 and
  then for either Set Aside or Woodland Scheme,
  complete the following
• Explain what it means
• Give reasons for it
• Say whether you think that it is good idea
  explain your answer.

Click on the title to see a short film about set
aside policy in Scotland 233
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Farm Subsidies

• Most hill farms depend on Government subsidies
  for their survival. What the subsidies pay for or
  whether they are paid at all changes the face of
  the countryside.
• Hill farmers in Snowdonia have depended on
  subsidies for many years. Today grants are now
  being paid to farmers to set aside land and
  restore the landscape and its buildings.
• Click here for a short film about farm subsidies
  in Snowdonia

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Food Surplus