• Summary Response to the UK Government’s Consultation on the Land Use Framework
  April 2025
  
  
• Farmer Cooperation in England: Exploring its extent, forms and impact over time
  Bina Agarwal (Sections 1-6 & 8) Bina Agarwal and Steven Emery (Section 7)
   ISBN: 978-0-902746-97-8
  July 2024
  
  
• Organisational activity with land managers in relation to biodiversity renewal in four case study areas: A scoping study
  Authors: Wheeler, R., Nye, C., Masquelier, C. and Lobley, M. 
  2024
  
  
• Future business leaders in agriculture: Who will lead the industry forward?
  Authors: Nye, C. & Lobley. M. 
  2023
  
  
• Towards a social licence to farm: broadening farmers’ engagement with nonfarming people
  Author: Broomfield, C
  May 2024
  
  
• The implications of COVID-19 and Brexit for England’s town councils: views from the town hall, and beyond
  Gordon Morris
  2022

• Accidental counsellors - summary report
  Authors: Wheeler, R., Szaboova, L., Lobley, M., Kelly, N. and Feaviour, K.
  February 2024
  
  
• The implications of COVID-19 and Brexit for England’s town councils: views from the town hall, and beyond
  Gordon Morris
  2022

• Labour and skills in the horticulture and agriculture sectors in England, 2023
  Summary report
  Nye, C., Wilkinson, T. and Lobley M.‌
  January 2023

• ‌‌South West Farm Survey 2020 Report
  Wilkinson,T., Lobley, M. and Winter, M.
  2023

• Economic Assessment of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Benefits of Walking on the South West Coast Path: Methodology and Scoping Study
  C‌arolyn Peterson
  June 2022
  ‌
• Public Procurement of Food in the South West
  Timothy Wilkinson, Caroline Nye, Matt Lobley, Andrew Clappison, Amanda Goodwin, Jed Hilton, Harry West, Sally Thompson, Greg MacQueen and Mark Fogerty
  March 2022
  ISBN: 978-0-902746-57-2
  
  
• BCHT GIS Modelling Report
  G‌IS Modelling of Tourism Pressures and Opportunities for Sustainable Tourism in Four UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (UK and France)
  Tim Wilkinson, Carolyn Petersen, Andrew Bell, Nick Bearman and Luc Barbier
  December 2021
  
  
• Loneliness and Social Isolation in Farming Communities
  Rebecca Wheeler, Matt Lobley, Jude McCann and Alex Phillimore
  November 2021
  
  
• Response to call for evidence - Labour shortages in the food and farming sector
  Caroline Nye, Tim Wilkinson, Matt Lobley and Michael Winter
  October 2021

• More than a Mart: The Role of UK Livestock Auction Markets in Rural Communities
  Nye, C., Winter, M. and Lobley, M.
  June 2021
  ISBN 978-1-8384516-0-8

• C‌ollaboration and Incentives - Achieving environmental benefits at large spatial scales through Environmental Land Management
  Rebecca Wheeler, Julie Ingram, Caroline Nye, Pete Gaskell, Jane Mills, Nick Lewis, Tim Wilkinson and Matt Lobley
  January 2021
  Collaboration Incentives: full report
  Collaboration Incentives (summary report)
  Collaboration Incentives (Mechanisms REA)
  
  

• Farm labour in the UK. Accessing the workforce the industry needs.
  Nye, C. and Lobley, M
  June 2021

• Possible roles for England's town councils post-Covid and Brexit  
  Report Preprint 8th June 2021
  Morris, G
  June 2021

• Annexe: Possible roles for England’s town councils post-Covid and Brexit - views from the town hall and beyond - answers to questions
  Morris, G
  June 2021

• NFU Mutual Succession and Inheritance
  Wheeler, R., Lobley, M. and Soffe, R.
  June 2020

• Covid-19 Christian Faith and Wellbeing
  Nye, C. and Lobley, M.
  September 2020

• Food for Thought - Foodbanks in England's Small Towns in 2019 (pre-print)
  Morris, G.
  November 2019
  
  
• Changing Food Cultures: Challenges and Opportunities for UK Agriculture
  Report and Lecture Presentation
  Winter, D.M.
  July 2018 - £10
  ISBN: 978-0-902746-41-1
  
  
• Beyond 2020:Summary and Recommendations: Views of Farmers in Exmoor National Park about Farm Funding After the United Kingdom Exits the European Union
  Stone, N.M.
  June 2017 - £10
  ISBN 978-902746-39-8
  Beyond 2020: Full Report - a copy of the full report will be available to download here from mid-September 2017 onwards
  
  
• Is there a future for the small family farm in the UK?
  Matt Lobley and Michael Winter
  June 2016 - £10
  ISBN 978-902746-36-7
  
  
• 39 The Impact of the Family Business Growth Programme
  Hannah Chiswell and Matt Lobley
  April 2014 - £10
  ISBN 978-1-905892-21-1
  Download High Resolution report here (61,979kb).  
  
  
• 38  Monitoring the Brue Valley Living Landscape Advisory Service
  H Winter and M Lobley
  March 2014 - £10
  ISBN 978-1-905892-20-4
  
  
• 37 Proving our value: The Impact of Social Purpose Organisations on Training and Skills in the Okehampton Area
  Lobley, M; Butler, A; Kinross, D; Smith, L
  February 2014 - £10
  ISBN 978-1-905892-18-1
  
  
• 36 Resource Management, Knowledge and Internet Use on Farms in South West England
  Allan Butler and Matt Lobley
  July 2012 - £10
  ISBN 987-1-905892-17-4
  
  
• 35 Making Land Available for Woodland Creation
  Matt Lobley, Hilary Winter, Nick Millard, Allan Butler and Michael Winter
  June 2012 - £15
  ISBN 987-1-905892-16-7
  
  
• 34 A Review of Devon's Food Economy
  Matt Lobley, Jo Traill Thomson and Donald Barr
  July 2012 - £15
  ISBN 987-1-905892-15-0

• 33 Farming in the South West Uplands
  Matt Lobley, Michael Winter, Allan Butler and Rob Fish
  March 2012 - £10
  ISBN 978-1-905892-14-3

• 32 A Review of Cornwall's Agri-Food Industry : Final Report
  Matt Lobley, Donald Barr, Liz Bowles, Ruth Huxley, Emma Kehyaian, Nathan de Rozarieux and Angie Shepherd
  January 2012 - £15
  ISBN 978-1-905892-13-6 

• 31 The Culm Measures Problem Area
  S T Morris, G D D Davies and W J Dunford (Edited by Gordon Morris)
  October 2011 - £15
  ISBN 978-1-905892-12-9

• 30 Economic impact assessment of Bovine Tuberculosis in the South West of England
  Allan Butler, Matt Lobley and Michael Winter
  October 2010 - £15
  ISBN 978-1-905892-11-2
  
  
• 29 Analysis of socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets
  Matt Lobley, Allan Butler, Paul Courtney, Brian Ilbery, James Kirwan, Damian Maye, Clive Potter and Michael Winter
  July 2009 - £10
  ISBN 978-1905892105
  
  
• 28 Farm Incomes in Devon 2007/08 
  Matt Lobley, Allan Butler, Michael Winter
  January 2009 - £10
  ISBN 978-1-905892-09-9
  
  
• 27 Scientific Review of UK Ruminant Livestock on Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
  Alan Hopkins and Matt Lobley
  January 2009 - £10
  ISBN 978-1905892082
  
  
• 26 Is Devon's agriculture fit for purpose in an era of climate change? 
  Matt Lobley and Michael Winter
  June 2008 - £10
  ISBN 978-1905892075
  
  
• 25 Framework for a GHG emissions reduction strategy in South West England 
  Matt Lobley
  March 2008 - £15
  ISBN 978-1905892068
  
  
• 24 Agricultural tenure 2007 
  Allan Butler and Michael Winter
  March 2008 - £15
  ISBN 978-1905892051
  
  
• 23 Sustainable food & farming strategy: Updated regional indicator analysis, 2007    
  Alan Hopkins and Matt Lobley
  October 2007 - £15
  ISBN 978-1-905892-03-7
  
  
• 22 Farming in Devon: Changes since 2002 and developments in the near future
  Allan Butler and Matt Lobley
  October 2007 - £10
  ISBN 978-1-905892-02-0
  
  
• 21 ‌ 
  Matt Lobley and Allan Butler
  July 2007 - £15
  ISBN 978-1-905892-01-3
  
  
• 20 Food production, processing and distribution in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 
  Matt Lobley, Matt Reed, Roger Metcalf and Jon Stephens
  November 2006 - £15
  ISBN 1 905892 00 4
  
  
• 19 Monitoring the Landscape Heritage Scheme 
  Carol Morris and Matt Lobley
  September 2006 - £10
  ISBN 1 870558 99 5
  
  
• 18 Green Futures: Practical environmental enhancements in the South West 
  Matt Lobley and Alan Hopkins
  November 2006 - £10
  ISBN 1 870558 98 7
  
  
• 17  Agricultural change and farm incomes in Devon: An update 
  Keith Robbins, Allan Butler, Martin Turner and Matt Lobley
  June 2006 - £10
  ISBN 1 870558 95 2
  
  
• 16  The rationale and potential impact of HFA reform 
  Matt Lobley, Allan Butler and Janet Dwyer
  May 2006 - £10
  ISBN 1 870558 94 4
  
  
• 15 The effects of public funding on farmers' attitudes to diversification part 1 (Appendix)
  Martin Turner, Ian Whitehead and Nick Millard, with Donald Barr and Keith Howe
  February 2006 - £25
  ISBN 1 870558 93 6
  
  
• 14 The Wider Social Impacts of Changes in the Structure of Agricultural Businesses 
  Matt Lobley, Clive Potter, Allan Butler with Ian Whitehead and Nick Millard
  December 2005 - £15
  ISBN 1 870558 91 X
  
  
• 13 Impacts of EU Directive on Minimum Standards for the Production of Chickens 
  Andrew Sheppard and Stephen Edge
  November 2005 - £25
  ISBN 1 87055890 1
  
  
• 12 "Born out of Crisis": an analysis of moorland management agreements on Exmoor
  Matt Lobley, Martin Turner, Greg MacQueen, and Dawn Wakefield
  October 2005 - £10
  ISBN 1 870558 85 5
  
  
• 11 ‌ 
  Matt Lobley, Matt Reed and Allan Butler
  October 2005 - £15
  ISBN 1 870558 88 X
  
  
• 9 Economic impact assessment of Bovine Tuberculosis in the South West of England  
  Andrew Sheppard and Martin Turner
  May 2005 - £25
  ISBN 1 87055886 3
  
  
• 8 The State of Farming on Exmoor 2004: A Report to Exmoor National Park Authority 
  Matt Lobley, Dawn Wakefield, Allan Butler and Martin Turner
  November 2004 - £15
  ISBN 1 870558 82 0
  
  
• 7 Rural Stress Review: Final Report 
  Matt Lobley, Gillian Johnson and Matt Reed, with Michael Winter and Jo Little
  June 2004 - £15
  ISBN 1 870558 79 0
  
  
• 6 Impact of CAP Reform on Devon's Agriculture: Final Report to DCC
  Matt Lobley and Allan Butler
  June 2004 - £10
  ISBN 1 870558 77 4
  
  
• 5 The State of Agriculture in Devon: A report for Devon County Council 
  Lobley, M., Butler, A., Barr, D., Turner, M., Fogerty, M., Winter, M.
  July 2003 - £10
  ISBN 1 870558 75 8
  
  
• 4 Farm diversification activities: benchmarking study 2002, Report to Defra
  Turner, M., Winter, M., Barr, D., Errington, A., Fogerty, M., Lobley, M. and Reed, M.
  February 2003 - £25
  ISBN 1 870558 69 3
  
  
• 3 Rural policy: new directions and new challenges (ND Appendix)
  Michael Winter
  April 2002 - £15
  ISBN 1 870558 63 4
  
  
• 2 The state of farming on Dartmoor 2002 part 2
  Turner, M, Barr, D, Fogerty, M, Hart, K and Winter, M
  September 2002 - £15
  ISBN 1 870558 62 6
  
  
• 1 The economy of Exmoor National Park: review of the impact of the FMD epidemic 
  November 2001 - £10
  Martin Turner and Andrew Sheppard
  ISBN 1 870558 60 X

The Centre for Rural Policy Research was formerly known as the Agricultural Economics Unit. These are the publications of the AEU up to February 2000.

In the Centre's own publications series:

• 250 Who Cares? A Study of Farmers' Involvement in Managing and Maintaining the Countryside
  John McInerney, Martin Turner, Donald Barr, Greg MacQueen - February 2000 - £10.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 47 2
• 249 Farm Groups and Red Meat Marketing: A survey of retail and marketing group members
  Ben Davies - November 1999 - £10.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 50 2
• 248 Vertical Coordination in Agriculture: A review of forces, strategies, and their implications for producers
  Ben Davies - November 1999 - £10.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 49 9
• 247 Future Search for Rural Community Development: Insights from a Devon conference
  Julie Whittaker - December 1999 - £4.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 48 0
• 246 A Way Forward for Devon's Rural Communities: A report on the Future
  Search Conference held in Devon, July 3rd-5th 1998, to consider the future of Devon's Rural Communities
  Julie Whittaker - August 1998 - £6.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 39 1
• 245 Farm Incomes in South West England 1994-95
  Martin Turner and Keith Robbins - March 1996 - £8.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 37 5
• 244 Resource Use Adjustment in the Rural Economy
  Keith Howe, John McInerney, Jo Traill Thomson, Martin Turner, Julie Whittaker - March 1996 - £6.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 36 7
• 243 Rural Futures: Issues for the Forthcoming Rural White Paper
  Jo Trail Thomson - September 1995 - £4.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 33 2
• 241 Agricultural Adjustment in West Somerset
  John McInerney and Martin Turner - August 1993 - £7.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 28 6
• 240 Farm Incomes in South West England 1991-92
  Martin Turner and Keith Robbins - February 1993 - £6.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 27 8
• 239 Fair Trade in Bananas?
  Editors: Professor John McInerney and Lord Peston - December 1992 - £8.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 24 3
• 238 Beyond 5000 Litres: The Economics of Milk Production in a Quota Environment
  John McInerney, Martin Turner and Lester Bowker - July 1992 - £7.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 20 0
• 237 Farm Incomes in South West England 1990-91
  Martin Turner and Keith Robbins - February 1992 - £6.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 22 7
• 236 Patterns, Performance and Prospects in Farm Diversification
  John McInerney and Martin Turner - June 1991 - £7.50
  ISBN No. 1 870558 19 7
• 235 Farm Incomes in South West England 1989-90
  Martin Turner and Keith Robbins - February 1991 - £5.00 ISBN No. 1 870558 17 0
• 234 Farming, Food and Conservation
  John G Quicke - January 1990 - £3.00
• 232 Diversification in the Use of Farm Resources
  John McInerney, Martin Turner and Michael Hollingham - November 1989 - £5.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 10 3
• 231 Readjustments in Dairying: An Analysis of Changes in Dairy Farming in England and Wales Following the Introduction of Milk Quotas
  John P McInerney and Michael A Hollingham - August 1989 - £5.00
• 230 Horticultural Training: An Enquiry into its Provision in South West England
  W John Dunford with John P McInerney and Martin M Turner - July 1989 - £7.50
• Trends in Agricultural and Horticultural Labour in South West England
  Volume I Regular and Seasonal Farm Worker 1955 to 1985
  Volume II Farmers and Family and Hired Workers 1970 to 1985
  W John Dunford and Martin M Turner - February 1988 - £6.00
• 226 Milk Production: An Economic Survey in South West England 1985/86
  Betty J Roscoe and Martin M Turner - May 1987 - £2.50
• 219 A Study of Minor Holdings in Devon 1983
  December 1983 - £3.00
• 218 The Role of Farm Tourism in the Less Favoured Areas of England and Wales 1981
  August 1983 - £5.00
• 217 Cattle and Sheep: A Financial Study of a Sample of Farms in South West England 1977/78 to 1981/82
  B R Nixon and M M Turner - March 1983 - £4.00

Agricultural Economics Discussion Papers

• 91/01 Strategic Interaction, Vertical Market Linkages and Government Intervention in Food Markets
  S McCorriston and I M Sheldon - March 1991 - £1.00
• 89/01 Government Intervention in Imperfectly Competitive Agricultural Input Markets: The Case of Fertiliser in the UK
  S McCorriston and I M Sheldon - November 1989 - £1.00
• 88/03 The Welfare Implications of Nitrogen Limitation Policies
  S McCorriston and I M Sheldon - September 1988 - £1.00
• 88/02 Estimating the Real Depreciation Rate of Agricultural Machinery
  S Cunningham - September 1988 - £1.00
• 88/01 The UK Agricultural Input Industries: Estimating the Effects of EC Accession
  S McCorriston and I M Sheldon - May 1988 - £1.00
• 86/01 Intra-Industry Trade and Market Fragmentation with reference to the European Tractor Industry
  S McCorriston and I M Sheldon - July 1986 - £1.00

Agricultural Economics Briefing Papers

• 1/95 Farm Performance 1993/94: Farm Business Survey Results
  Martin Turner and Keith Robbins - May 1995 - £4.00
• 1/90 Very Small Farms - A South West Study
  Martin M Turner - January 1990 - £1.00
• 1/89 Diversification of Resource Use on Farms in England and Wales
  John McInerney, Martin Turner and Michael Hollingham - December 1989 - £1.00
• 1/86 Agricultural and Horticultural Training in Somerset
  W J Dunford and M M Turner - September 1986 - £1.00

Agricultural Economics Occasional Papers

• 5 Labour Use on UK Farms: Some Empirical Results
  Martin Turner and Mark Fogerty - October 1994 - £4.00
• 4 Marketing Speciality Foods: A Study of 'Taste of the West'
  M M Turner, H Bowker and L B Bowker - 1993 - £4.00

Centre for Rural Research Annual Review 2004

ISBN 1 870558 84 7; January 2005; Price £15

You can download a PDF of our Centre for Rural Research Annual Review 2004 for free.

Aimed at readers interested in a wide range of rural matters, the Centre for Rural Research Annual Review contains articles based on research work undertaken by Centre staff in the previous year. The 2004 Review provides the latest academic research in a readable and accessible manner. See below for the list of contents.

Contents

Title	Author(s)
The Role of Women in the South West Rural Economy	Carol Morris and Jo Little
Global Action Plan: Promoting Rural Sustainability?	Stewart Barr and Andrew Gilg
The Political Geography of EU Agricultural Policy Adjustment	Michael Winter
The Impact of CAP Reform on Devon's Agriculture	Matt Lobley and Allan Butler
What Scope for Improving Farm Business Performance?	Martin Turner and Keith Robbins
Provision, Participation and Penetration: Objective 1 Vocational Training in Cornwall	Allan Butler and Phil Le Grice
The 'Modernisation' of Agriculture in Devon during the Second World War: Uncovering Alternative Narratives	Mark Riley and David Harvey
Nitrogen Losses on Dairy Farms: Towards Improved Management Practices	Martin Turner and Keith Robbins
The Economics of Broiler Production: A Pioneering Venture by the Centre for Rural Research	Andrew Sheppard
Un-accomplishing the Rural Future	Robert Fish
Agricultural Restructuring: The Potential Role of Joint Venture Arrangements	Martin Turner and John Hambly

2003 Annual review

Copies of our Annual Review 2003 are also available for download and hard copy order.

Find out more about obtaining our Annual Review 2003.

• 61  The Pig Sector in England and Wales 2001-02 and 2002-03
  Andrew Sheppard - October 2004 - £15.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 81 2
• 60  Pig Production 2002-03
  Andrew Sheppard - October 2004 - £15.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 80 4
• 59  The Structure and Economics of Broiler Production in England
  Andrew Sheppard - June 2004 - £15.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 78 2
• 55 The Structure of Pig Production in England: The results of the National Survey of Pig Production Systems, 1st March 2002
  Andrew Sheppard - December 2002 - £8.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 57 X
• 52 Lowland Sheep 1999: The economics and management of lamb production
  Mark Fogerty, Martin Turner, Donald Barr - January 2001 - £10.00
  ISBN No. 870558 55 3
• 51 What’s the Damage? A study of the farm level costs of managing and maintaining the countryside
  John McInerney, Martin Turner, Donald Barr, Greg MacQueen - December 2000 - £10.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 54 5
• 50 Pig Production 1998-99
  Andrew Sheppard - August 2000 - £8.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 53 7
• 49 Hill Cattle and Sheep Farming in England and Wales: An Economic Review 1989/90 to 1997/98
  Martin Turner, Donald Barr and Mark Fogerty - April 2000 - £10.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 46 4
• 44 Pig Production 1997-98
  Andrew Sheppard - July 1999 - £8.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 45 6
• 40 The Structure of Pig Production in England and Wales: The Results of the National Survey of Pig Production Systems
  Andrew Sheppard - June 1998 - £8.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 43 X
• 39 Pig Production 1996-97
  Andrew Sheppard - June 1998 - £8.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 42 1
• 33 The Structure of Pig Production in England and Wales: The results of the National Survey of Pig Production Systems
  Andrew Sheppard - May 1996 - £8.00
  ISBN No. 1 870558 38 3

Briefings

Our briefings include a wide range of reports and papers which make available to a wider audience the findings of the Centre's research and investigations in farming and the rural economy. Although many are regional in focus, the series also includes shorter versions of national studies. Our briefings (in PDF format) can be downloaded from the links below, or are available from the Centre in hard copy form at £5 each.

• 5 Improving Economic Efficiency in Small Dairy Herds 
  Research conducted for Milklink
  Martin Turner and Keith Robbins
  July 2006
  ISBN 1 870558 96 0
• 4 Farm diversification in England 2002
  Martin Turner, Michael Winter, Donald Barr, Andrew Errington, Mark Fogerty, Matt Lobley and Matt Reed
  February 2003
  ISBN 1 870558 66 9
• 3 Desk research on developments in farming policy and practice 1967-2002
  Reports to the Cabinet Office Foot and Mouth 'Lessons Learned' Inquiry, 2002
  Michael Winter, Martin Turner, Martin Palmer, Ian Whitehead and Nick Millard
  ISBN 1 870558 65 0
• 2 The state of farming on Dartmoor 2002
  Martin Turner, Donald Barr, Mark Fogerty, K Hart, and Michael Winter
  August 2002
  ISBN 1 870558 64 2
• 1 Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease on the economy of Exmoor National Park
  Martin Turner and Andrew Sheppard
  November 2001
  ISBN 1 870558 61 8

Working papers

Our working papers are largely research based and are aimed at both an academic and policy audience. Current working papers are available at £5 each (incl. p&p). Older working papers (those hyperlinked below) can still be purchased from the Centre for £5, but are also freely available here as downloads.

• Farmer Cooperation in England: Extent, forms and impact over time 
  Bina Agarwal* (Sections 1-6 & 8) Bina Agarwal and Steven Emery** (Section 7), July 2024
  ISBN: 978-0-902746-97-8

• 4 Green consumption: a social psychological perspective, 2003
  Stewart Barr
  ISBN 1 870558 71 5
  
  
• 3 Exploding the family farm business: analysing how the fragments 'family', 'farm' and 'business' hold together, 2003
  Matt Reed, Matt Lobley and Michael Winter
  ISBN 1 870558 70 7
  
  
• 2  Research and knowledge transfer, 2002: A South West perspective on the Report of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food
  Michael Winter
  ISBN 1 870558 68 5
  
  
• 1 Modulation and agri-environment schemes: potential impacts on the South West, 2002. A South West perspective on the Report of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food.
  Michael Winter, Alan Butler and Martin Turner
  ISBN 1 870558 67 7