Strasbourg, 13/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - Real agricultural income per worker rose by 5.4% in the EU27 in 2007, following a 3% increase in 2006. This increase results from growth of 3.1% in real agricultural income and a 2.2% reduction in agricultural labour input, says Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in data published on Tuesday 11 March.
Eurostat noted that cereal prices rose by 46.2% in 2007, oil seed prices rose by 21.9% and milk prices by 8.1%, as a result...