Statistical data set

Structure of the agricultural industry in England and the UK at June

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Part of: Structure of the agricultural industry
• First published: 2 January 2010
• Last updated: 20 December 2016, see all updates

Detailed annual statistics on the structure of the agricultural industry at 1 June in England and the UK.

These data series show land and crop areas, livestock populations and agricultural workforce estimates for England and the UK as at 1 June each year. The results come from the long-running June surveys of agriculture and horticulture that are carried out each year in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The information includes long-term trends or detailed results for different types of farm, farm size or geographical area. The series are updated as new results become available.

The sample size for the June survey changes each year depending on UK and EU requirements. In years such as 2010 and 2013 when the EU requires very detailed information on the structure of the UK agricultural industry the sample size is increased. This enables us to produce good quality estimates for detailed geographies in those years. In other years the sample size is smaller to reduce the burden on farmers and we do not produce detailed breakdowns in those years.

England

• annual time series: 1983 to 2016 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 242KB)

• key results at 10 year intervals: 1900 to 2010 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 48.5KB)

• results by size of farm (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 103KB)

• results by type of farm (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 240KB)

English geographical breakdowns

Geographical breakdowns are only available in the years that correspond to the EU Farm Structure Survey. The latest available results are for 2010 and 2013. The next updates will relate to 2016 and then 2020.

• local nature partnerships (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 216KB)

• areas of outstanding natural beauty (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 438KB)

• county / unitary authority (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.46MB)

• local authority (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 483KB)

• maps of crop areas (PDF, 1.31MB, 10 pages)

• maps of livestock populations (PDF, 1.71MB, 13 pages)

• national character areas (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 575KB)

• national parks (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 933KB)

• less favoured areas (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 510KB)

UK

• annual time series: 1984 to 2016 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 281KB)

• cereal and oilseed area, yield and production (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 244KB)

• key results by UK country: 1866 to 2016 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 232KB)

• results by size of farm (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 97KB)

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Document information

Published: 2 January 2010

Updated: 20 December 2016

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1. 20 December 2016 Updated cereal and oilseed area, yield and production statistics.
2. 15 December 2016 UK annual time series, cereal and oilseed area, yield and production, key results by UK country datasets updated.
3. 6 December 2016 Updated datasets for England - results by type of farm, and English geographical breakdowns by county/unitary authority.
4. 27 October 2016 Updated England time series 1983 -2016
5. 13 October 2016 Replaced ODS version of UK annual time series 1984 to 2016 with XLS version to retain formatting.
6. 13 October 2016 Updated with UK annual time series 1984 to 2016 dataset.
7. 15 September 2016 Updated June time series for England.
8. 8 August 2016 Updated England and UK size band datasets.
9. 17 December 2015 UK annual time series, cereal and oilseed area, yield and production, key results by UK country datasets updated.
10. 29 October 2015 Annual time series for England updated.
11. 20 October 2015 Cereal and oilseed area, yield and production dataset upadted
12. 15 October 2015 UK annual time series: 1984 to 2015 updated.
13. 17 September 2015 Annual time series for England updated.
14. 2 July 2015 Updated England results by type of farm dataset, added new England Less Favoured Areas dataset, and updated UK results by size of farm dataset.
15. 24 June 2015 England results by size of farm dataset updated with 2014 data.
16. 11 February 2015 UK annual time series: 1984 to 2014 updated.
17. 20 January 2015 Updated UK statistics by size of farm for 2014.
18. 18 December 2014 Updated UK annual time series: 1984 to 2014; UK cereal and oilseed area, yield and production; Key results by UK country: 1866 to 2013
19. 24 November 2014 Updated with new local natural partnership data series and replaced farm type data series.
20. 12 November 2014 Updated AONB, National Charcter Areas and National Parks data.
21. 30 October 2014 Updated England time series 2014.
22. 16 October 2014 Revised UK data and other English results.
23. 16 October 2014 Revised UK annual time series: 1984 to 2014.
24. 16 October 2014 Updated UK time series to include figures for 2014.
25. 22 September 2014 Updated England annual time series to 2014, amended UK time series.
26. 12 September 2014 Updated data sets showing English county statistics, English statistics by farm type and UK statistics by size of farm for 2013.
27. 20 June 2014 Updated England data set for results by size of farm to include figures for 2013.
28. 8 January 2014 Updated UK time series to include figures for 2013.
29. 19 December 2013 Updated UK figures for 2012.
30. 31 October 2013 Updated with final estimates for June 2013 for England.
31. 17 October 2013 Updated UK annual time series and UK cereal and oilseed area, yield and production spreadsheets to include provisional figures for 2013.
32. 27 September 2013 Updated English results by farm size and added UK results by farm size.
33. 19 September 2013 Updated England time series to include figures for June 2013.
34. 26 April 2013 Added figures for the four countries of the UK to the annual UK time series.
35. 2 January 2010 First published.

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Part of: Structure of the agricultural industry