Brussels, 04/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - Real farm income per worker rose 3.8% in the EU27 in 2006, following a 7.2% fall in 2005, according to new estimates published on Thursday 29 March by Eurostat. The increase is due to a 2.6% fall in farm labour and a 1.1% growth in real farm income. The rising real farm income is itself due to output of agriculture at producer prices in real value remaining nearly stable (+.01%), a small fall in input costs (-.03%), a slight increase in depreciation (+.01%) and a rise in the real value of subsidies net of taxes (+0.8%). Agriculture income per worker in 2006 was above the levels of 2005 in 21 member states. The highest increases were recorded in the Netherlands (15.1%), Poland (10.6%), Belgium (9.2%) and France (8.5%). The greatest falls were recorded in Ireland (13.3%), Finland (7.8%) and Estonia (5.2%). (lc)