The work of the food and farming statistics team covers a wide range of topics including financial management of farms, production and prices of commodities, household food purchasing, how land is managed and the environmental impacts of farming, and the structure of the farming industry in terms of land usage and livestock numbers. Key publications in these areas include:

Farm management

• Agriculture in the United Kingdom
• Latest UK agricultural accounts
• Farm Business Survey
• Latest farm business incomes

Food, commodities and prices

• Family food
• Food Statistics Pocketbook
• Commodities
• Prices

Land management and environment

• Latest Observatory research
• Indicators
• Farm practices survey

Land use and livestock

• Latest June Survey results
• Detailed June Survey results and datasets
• Bovine TB in Great Britain

What’s new

• 31st January 2013- Food chain total factor productivity
• 31st January 2013- Farm business by income type of farm in England – 2012/13 provisional estimates
• 17th January 2013 – Agriculture in the England regions 2011 – 2nd estimate
• 18th December 2012 – Farm accounts in England 2011/12

You can keep in touch with the latest economic research and statistical information on food and farming through our monthly brief.

We welcome your feedback: email esdinternet@defra.gsi.gov.uk