Yorkshire and the Humber
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Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber
Place
The landscape here is dramatic and contrasting, from coastal landscapes to the east, to rolling chalklands in the Wolds and plenty of flat, fertile agricultural land.
Production
There are many mixed farms in Yorkshire but it’s also one of the most important producers of cereal crops, producing high quality corn, wheat, barley and oats.
A lot of pig farming is concentrated close to where the feed is produced and 38% of England’s pigs are reared in Yorkshire and the Humber.
And did you know that most of the rhubarb eaten in Britain is grown in Yorkshire?
People
A nine square mile area of West Yorkshire is known as The Rhubarb Triangle – the three corners of the triangle roughly equate to Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield.
Yorkshire and the Humber employs 31,752 farm workers, from farmers, partners and directors to part-time and seasonal staff.
Data for workforce proportions taken from TIAH's own labour market information research.
Neighbouring regions
