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The impact of foot-and-mouth disease - farm is closed off during an outbreak at Oswestry in 1967.

The impact of foot-and-mouth disease - farm is closed off during an outbreak at Oswestry in 1967.
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The drive towards a robust agricultural sector continued after the war when food remained in short supply. The Labour government was faced with the immediate problem of reducing imports to relieve pressure on the balance of payments.

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Wartime prosperity and post-war legislation

Cabinet Memorandum. Agricultural Policy: Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Secretary of State for Scotland, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 8 November 1945 (PDF, 0.927MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Agriculture Bill. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. 27 November 1946 (PDF, 21.011MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Home Production of Food in 1947. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. 18 April 1947 (PDF, 1.544MB)

Arable and pastoral farming

Cabinet Memorandum. Home Production of Food in 1947. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. 18 April 1947 (PDF, 1.544MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 1. Home Food Production in 1947. 24 April 1947 (PDF, 1.817MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 3. Marginal Land. 27 June 1950 (PDF, 1.353MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Marginal Land. Memorandum by the Home Secretary, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State for Scotland. 23 June 1950 (PDF, 2.627MB)

Food rationing

Cabinet Memorandum. Rationing of Bread and Other Cereals. Memorandum by the Minister of Food. 26 June 1946 (PDF, 1.401MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 2. Bread Rationing. 18 July 1946 (PDF, 1.639MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Potato Supplies. Memorandum by the Minister of Food. 20 October 1947 (PDF, 2.467MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 5. Meat Supplies. 26 September 1952 (PDF, 1.170MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 4. Wages Policy. 3 July 1947 (PDF, 0.858MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Agricultural Wages and Prices. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. 24 September 1951 (PDF, 0.415MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 9. Agricultural Prices. 27 September 1951 (PDF, 2.534MB)

Assistance for small farmers

Cabinet Memorandum. Assistance for the Small Farmer. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 28 July 1958 (PDF, 0.411MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Assistance for Small Farmers. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 20 October 1958 (PDF, 1.825MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Agriculture (Small Farmers) Bill - Withdrawal of Marginal Production Scheme. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland. 13 February 1959 (PDF, 0.451MB)

Cabinet Memorandum, Agriculture (Small Farmers) Bill - Withdrawal of Marginal Production Scheme. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 16 February 1959" (PDF, 0.313MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 1. Agriculture: Foot and Mouth Disease. 21 November 1967 (PDF, 3.306MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Compensation for Losses from Foot and Mouth Disease. Memorandum by the First Secretary of State. 27 February 1968 (PDF, 0.449MB)

Mechanisation and continued subsidy

Cabinet Memorandum. Annual Review under Part 1 of the Agricultural Act 1947. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 16 March 1951 (PDF, 1.721MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 7. Food Prices. 13 October 1953 (PDF, 1.727MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 10. Farm Price Review. 8 March 1956 (PDF, 2.063MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 2. Farm Price Review. 9 March 1956 (PDF, 1.048MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Farm Price Review 1956. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.7 March 1956" (PDF, 1.626MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Farm Price Review 1960-61. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 7 March 1960 (PDF, 4.382MB)

Britain's admission to the European Economic Community (EEC)

Cabinet Conclusion 2. Foreign Affairs: CAP Prices 1975-6. 16 January 1975 (PDF, 1.846MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 1. EEC Renegotiation: Common Agricultural Policy. 17 March 1975 (PDF, 2.291MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 5. Common Agricultural Policy Prices 1976-77. 11 March 1976 (PDF, 0.891MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Procedures for the Community's Agricultural Price-fixing. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. 8 June 1976 (PDF, 0.563MB)

Subsidy

Cabinet Memorandum. Annual Review and Determination of Guarantees 1972. 14 March 1972 (PDF, 4.525MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Annual Review of Agriculture, 1973: Draft White Paper. 26 February 1973 (PDF, 8.196MB)

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Further reading

Howkins, A., The Death of Rural England A Social History of the Countryside since 1900 (London and New York: Routledge, 2003)

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