Agriculture and Industry Britain's mild climate has provided the country with a favorable environment for agriculture and animal husbandry.Britain's agriculture is distinguished by two outstanding features:the small proportion of population engaged in agricultural activities and the high degree of mechanization.The most important crops in Britain are wheat,barley,sugar beet and potatoes. Once as the"factory of the world",Britain's manufacturing and textile industries have been declining dramatically over the last two decades or so.Britain has dominance in the production of certain chemical products,especially paint.Its industrial development is well backed up by its iron and steel industry,which to a large extent is government-controlled. Agriculture and Industry Britain’s mild climate has provided the country with a favorable environment for agriculture and animal husbandry. Britain’s agriculture is distinguished by two outstanding features: the small proportion of population engaged in agricultural activities and the high degree of mechanization. The most important crops in Britain are wheat, barley, sugar beet and potatoes. Once as the“factory of the world”,Britain’s manufacturing and textile industries have been declining dramatically over the last two decades or so. Britain has dominance in the production of certain chemical products, especially paint. Its industrial development is well backed up by its iron and steel industry, which to a large extent is government-controlled