The UK has limited resources of agricultural land - 19 million hectares, of which 7 million hectares of arable land. The soil is fertile south of the country subject to a significant amount of mineral and organic fertilizers. The arable land is shrinking due to the withdrawal of land for urban development and mining. For the UK is characterized by large landowners - landlords who give part of their land leased to farmers (although some farmers have already bought their holdings and have them on permanent rights). Most of the areas focused on farms area of over 100 hectares, but more than 50% of farmers have small land area of 30 hectares.Agricultural UK one of the most mechanized in the world and has extremely high performance with minimum manpower involved (1.4%). The country has a developed system of farm (about 250 thousand) and powerful livestock farms. The level of self-sufficiency in agricultural products of own temperate zones over the past 20 years has increased from 68 to 85%. Volumes of production of products such as grain, beef, pork, poultry, eggs, milk consumption or meet the needs and exceed them. But many important products Britain has to import from other countries, including oil, sugar, wheat, bacon, beef and veal. Thus, modern agriculture to provide people with food only by 75%.In the structure of prevailing livestock (60%) because of the strong natural food base and limited soil quality for agriculture (plowed only 23% of the country). The main branch of livestock - cattle of different areas: areas formed milk and meat and dairy cattle in the north and west of the country and around the big cities, while there are special breeds intended for fattening for meat. Purely meat specialization characteristic of slopes and hills. In England and Wales there are powerful pig, developed poultry (chickens, ducks, turkeys). In mountainous and highland areas, there is a significant number of sheep. Cattle than 15 mln.holiv, sheep mln.holiv 30, 8 mln.holiv pigs, poultry - 100 mln.holiv. Annually more than 4 mln. Tons of meat and 15 mln. Tons of milk.Plant provides 23-25% of agricultural production of the country. In the dominant crop growing grain (over 30% of arable land), dominated by wheat (18%) and barley (11%), and oats. The main breadbasket of the British East of England is particularly the southeast, and the outskirts of Greater London. Industrial crops are sugar beet and potatoes (England), flax. Around major cities formed flower growing regions, hop, vegetable, fruit and berry. More than half of the acreage occupied by perennial forage grasses.