Farming statistics
This is the new location for National and Official Statistics on the structure of the farming industry including crop areas, yields and production, livestock populations, detailed labour-force figures and diversification activity for England and the United Kingdom. This brings together information previously published on the “June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture” and the “December Land Use and Livestock” pages.
The publication of UK and England December 2012 livestock populations was originally scheduled for Thursday 7 March 2013. Unfortunately this publication will now not be available until Thursday 14 March 2013. This is to tie up with the publication of the Scottish livestock populations, allowing UK totals to be produced. If you require any further information about this please contact: sarah.harriss@defra.gsi.gov.uk.
What’s new
- Farming statistics final crop areas, yields, livestock populations and agricultural workforce at 1 June 2012 – United Kingdom (published 20 December 2012)
- Farming statistics final land use, livestock populations and agricultural workforce at 1 June 2012 – England (published 1 November 2012)
- Livestock populations at 1 December 2011 – UK and England results (published 8th March 2012)
- Diversification and renewable energy production on farms in England (published 26th January 2012)
Time series, geographic breakdowns and other results:
- England: Please see our detailed results and datasets webpage
- Scotland: Please see the Scottish Government June Survey webpage
- Wales: Please see the Welsh Government statistics webpage
- Northern Ireland: Please see the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland statistical press release webpage
Next release date:
All Defra pre-announced future release dates are available on the UK Statistics Authority Release calendar
Data uses
The statistics have many uses, from assisting with animal disease control processes to providing information used for management of the EU cereals markets. It is also used heavily by environmental policy makers who assess the impact of CAP reform on the agricultural industry and the landscape.
For more information about these statistics, please e-mail: farming-statistics@defra.gsi.gov.uk or telephone:++44 (0)1904 455332
Downloads
20 December 2012
- Farming statistics final crop areas, yields, livestock populations and agricultural workforce at 1 June 2012 – United Kingdom (pdf, 435 KB)
- UK cereal and oilseed areas, yields and production – dataset (xls, 181 KB)
1 November 2012
- Farming Statistics final land use, livestock populations and agricultural workforce at 1 June 2012 – England (pdf, 450 KB)
8 March 2012
- December land use and livestock time series – England (xls, 142 KB)
- Livestock populations at December 2011 – UK and England (pdf, 328 KB)
