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Table 3 Correlation matrix of gross margins from different lowland agricultural land uses (1966 to 2010)

From: Landscape diversity and the resilience of agricultural returns: a portfolio analysis of land-use patterns and economic returns from lowland agriculture

 

Wheat

Barley

Cereal (spring)

Cereal (winter)

Oilseed rape

Linseed

Field beans

Potatoes

Sugar beet

Horticulture

Maize

Hay/silage

Dairy

Beef (improved grass)

Beef (rough grass)

Barley

0.936

              

Cereal (spring)

0.9505

0.932

             

Cereal (winter)

0.9185

0.9425

0.9506

            

Oilseed rape

0.8242

0.8066

0.7424

0.7951

           

Linseed

0.7428

0.7732

0.6379

0.7508

0.7526

          

Field beans

0.8999

0.8246

0.8326

0.8088

0.7635

0.747

         

Potatoes

0.6426

0.606

0.6527

0.6372

0.53

0.492

0.4904

        

Sugar beet

0.8655

0.8606

0.9082

0.8792

0.7031

0.596

0.6771

0.7173

       

Horticulture

0.6557

0.5542

0.5362

0.4973

0.5218

0.5333

0.6155

0.7038

0.5189

      

Maize

0.5836

0.5633

0.5426

0.5924

0.688

0.5578

0.4979

0.4676

0.6092

0.4165

     

Hay/silage

0.5348

0.492

0.5732

0.4644

0.1288

0.1015

0.4386

0.3919

0.5394

0.4117

0.1069

    

Dairy

0.0976

0.1426

0.2317

0.2339

0.0353

0.0248

−0.089

0.205

0.3094

−0.287

0.2202

−0.05

   

Beef (improved grass)

0.6509

0.7132

0.7444

0.727

0.4715

0.4544

0.5685

0.2081

0.6135

0.1202

0.2643

0.421

0.2474

  

Beef (rough grass)

0.2294

0.4179

0.3959

0.4754

0.1372

0.2179

0.1739

0.0444

0.3632

−0.166

0.0633

0.3017

0.3172

0.7103

 

Sheep

0.7713

0.7692

0.7384

0.798

0.6818

0.7416

0.7971

0.314

0.6103

0.3431

0.4485

0.3141

0.0147

0.8028

0.475