Department of Land Economy

Staff

Mr Ben Lang

Mr Ben Lang

Position(s):

Senior Research Associate / Manager, Rural Business Unit (RBU)

Other posts:

  • Member of DEFRA, Farm Business Survey Technical Group
  • Member of Rural Business Research Management Group
  • Member of the CAAV Costings Committee

Contact information:

Telephone: +44 (0)1223 (3)37169
Email: bgal2

Research interests:

  • Farm incomes with particular reference to the East of England.
  • Manager of the Farm Business Survey commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, London.
  • Economics of Crop Production
  • International Comparison of Crop Enterprise Performance
  • Efficacy of Agri-Environment Schemes

Publications:

  • Crop Production in England 2010 /2011 (forthcoming)
  • Crop Production in England 2009 /2010
  • Crop production in England 2008/2009
  • Crop production in England 2006/2007
  • Crop production in England 2005/2006
  • Report on farming in the Eastern Counties 2004/2005
  • Report on farming in the Eastern Counties 2003/2004
  • Report on farming in the Eastern Counties 2002/2003
  • Report on farming in the Eastern Counties 2000/2001
  • Report on farming in the Eastern Counties 1999/00
  • Report on farming in the Eastern Counties 1998/99

See www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/research/eeprg/rbu/rbupubs.htm for the above publications.

Renwick A, Revoredo-Giha C, Philippidis G, Bourne, M, Lang B, Reader M (2011) Assessment of the Impact of the 2006 EU Sugar Regime Reforms, Defra

Lang B, Reader M, June Survey and FBS Data Matching Exercise: Research Project to Compare Data from the June Survey with Comparable Data from the Farm Business Survey, August 2010, Defra Hodge I., Lang

B., Nicholls D., Reader M., Wreford A., (2010) Prospects and opportunities for rural land management on the Crown Estate.

Lang B., Allin R., Special study into the economics of cereal production 2004, DEFRA

Reader M., Renwick A., Lang B., Farm level impacts of energy crop production, DEFRA

Renwick A., Revoredo C., Lang B., Reader M., (2004) Economic, social and environmental impacts of reform of E Sugar Regime Reform, DEFRA

Hodge I., Renwick A., Lang B., (2003) CAP reform:Decoupling arable payments, a discussion document for DEFRA

Renwick A., Rush C., Lang B., (2002) Study of the farm business advice survice. RBU report to DEFRA

Chalmers, A. G., Hounsome B., Lang, B., Renwick A. W., Rush C., (2000) British survey of fertiliser practice 1999. Fertiliser Authority. September 2000.

Last updated 2 February, 2012