Work on the topic "AGRICULTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN"

I. VOCABULARY

a significant increase - суттєвий зріст

profitability- користь, прибуток

a full self – sufficiency - повна самодостатність

animal husbandry -тваринництво

dairy and beef cattle breeding – розведення молочної та м’ясної ВРХ

beef sheep - м’ясні вівці

tillage - обробіток землі, оранка

crop husbandry– рослинництво

cereal crops- злакові культури

exceed - перевищувати

consumption - споживання

mutton - баранина

veal - телятина

in terms - з точки зору

II. READ THE TEXT “ AGRICULTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN” For the period of latest decades Great Britain’s agriculture saw a significant increase in scientific and technical level and profitability of agro- industrial complex. A full self – sufficiency is reached by such products as milk, a high self –sufficiency have eggs, poultry, wheat, oats, barley and potato; imported are fruits, butter, sugar and cheese. The British agriculture is nowadays one of the most efficient and mechanized in the world. The share of employment in the field amounts 2% of the total employment in the country. The total area of farmlands is 58.3 mln ha (76% of the total area of the country). Animal husbandry prevails in the structure of agricultural production. Developed are dairy and beef cattle breeding, pig husbandry, beef sheep and poultry husbandry for meat. Great Britain is one of the largest suppliers of sheep wool. Traditionally, animal husbandry is concentrated in river basin. Nearly 60% of tillage in crop husbandry is occupied by permanent grasses, more than 28% - be cereal crops ( including wheat – 15%, barley – 11%) , 12- by industrial crops (rapeseed, sugar beet, flax) and feeding crops (including potato), and also by vegetable gardens and small – fruit crops. The main crop – producing areas are East England and the Southeast. There are many fruit gardens in Great Britain. Agriculture uses governmental support and receives donations from the EU budget. Production volumes exceed the volumes of consumption by such products as wheat, barley and pork; production volumes are lower than the volume of consumption by such products as potato, beef, mutton, wool, sugar and eggs. Therefore, Great Britain has to import many of the necessary products. The country imports 4/5 of butter, 2/3 of sugar, a half of wheat and bacon, ¼ of beef and veal consumed in the country. The country occupies the sixth place among EU members in terms of agricultural production volume. Great dynamics of the British agriculture development in 2012 in terms of the main agricultural items cost at market prices had the following indicts: wheat production increased by 21.9% (to 1.3 bln pounds sterling); barley production by 39.7% (to 538 mln P. St); production of vegetable oil – by 35.8% ( to 421. 5 mln P. St). the profit of the British agriculture grew 10% and reached 2.5 bln P. St; production grew 8.4% and reached 15 bin P. St. in 2012 526 thousand workers were employed in agriculture. Production growth in animal husbandry amounted to 2.8% (5.2 bln. P. St) which was mainly due to price rise for finished products / milk production increased to 2,8 bln P. St. Unfavorable weather conditions affect the British agriculture a lot, especially floods.

III. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT:
1.What is the level of Britain's agriculture?
2. Where is a full self – sufficiency reached by?
3. What is the total area of farmlands?
4. What is the country the largest supplier of?
5. What grain crops do they grow?

6. What branch of agriculture receives donations?