The food & agriculture sector involves the cultivation of animals, plants, and other life forms to enable us to manufacture food and drink. Think livestock – dairy cows, cattle for beef, sheep for wool and lamb, pigs and poultry. Think crops – wheat, oats, peas, oilseed rape and grass for your livestock.
There are over 14,000 employed in this sector in the Humber accounting for 4.1% of employment
Did you know?
- The Food & Agriculture Sector accounts for 4.1% of the region’s workforce, employing 14,400 people
- In the Humber region 2,645 businesses operate in the Food and Agriculture sector accounting for 10.2% of all businesses in the area.
- Jobs in the sector are requiring higher level skills. This is mainly due to increased use of technology
- Agriculture in Yorkshire & the Humber is a strong industry showing a rise in total income of 37% in recent years
- 96% of land-based businesses in the Humber employ fewer than 10 people
- For the Humber, the manufacturing and production of food and beverage products plays a large part in this sector; Yorkshire and the Humber is the country’s largest food producing region.
Will there be opportunities available?
- In the next ten years Lantra estimate that the agriculture sector will need a minimum of 194,000 more people nationally.
- Employment trends for the Humber show that this is a stagnant sector for employment
Useful sector specific sites
LMI Humber YouTube Sector Video available here
agricultural, animal and environmental industries
The following links give examples of some of the larger companies operating in the area:
- William Jackson Food Group
- JZ Flowers int Ltd
- Coletta & Tyson
- Young’s Ltd
- Greencore Group
- JSR Farms
- Premier Plant Producers
- TSC Foods
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