Those farmers, in turn, help to spur local rural economies, via the multipliereffect, as they tend to spend the majority of their income on local goods and services.
To rewind, an economic consultancy reported for Scottish Enterprise 10 years ago that there is a multipliereffect in the west of Scotland - that is, local businesses supply Faslane and Coulport, and then a portion of the salaries of 6, 500 people is spent on local businesses.