Despite numerous optimistic forecasts of the effects of EEC entry the authors of this article expect that, in the longer term, British farming will experience a continuing cost-price squeeze. Increasing the size of farm business either by acquisition of additional land or by combining farming with the provision of contract services, or by cooperative grouping, is suggested as a means of increasing income.
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