Food & Agriculture

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

Employed in this sector in the Humber

This accounts for over

Of employment in the region

Did You Know?

of land-based businesses in the Humber employ fewer than 10 people

In the Humber region

businesses operate in the Food and Agriculture sector

This accounts for

Of Adult Health & Social Care workers in the Humber are female

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

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

more people nationally

This accounts for

Of Adult Health & Social Care workers in the Humber are female

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.