Claim: The average farmer made £28,300 in subsidies last year and £2,100 from agriculture. The average cereal farmer lost £9,500 on agriculture.
Fact-check: Do farmers make more from subsidies than agriculture? - Full Fact
Verdict: the basic point is correct. last year farmers did make more from subsidies on average than from agriculture. whether or not the exact figures are correct depends on whether you look at subsidies or all payments that farmers receive from government schemes.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne;Richard Braham
Date published: 2016-08-11T00:00:00