This area provides information related to the UK agricultural accounts and to farm management issues such as farm incomes, economic performance and farm wages.

Agricultural accounts

Agricultural accounts are a tool for analysing the economic situation of agriculture. One measure within the accounts is “Total Income from Farming” (or TIFF). This can be used to assess the performance of the whole agricultural industry. Figures are available for the UK or for the English regions.

Farm business survey

The farm business survey provides information on the financial position and physical and economic performance of farm businesses in England. More information about the farm business survey can be found here.

Farm accounts in England provides detailed information on farm incomes in England.

Various other reports analysing particular aspects of the farm business survey such as diversification, management practices, animal health planning, environment and countryside management, energy and rent are also available from the farm business survey page.

Farm labour and wage statistics report

This annual report is primarily produced to inform the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) negotiations. However, we hope it will also be useful to anyone seeking information on agricultural labour and wages. The AWB negotiations set the minimum wage for agricultural workers that are published in the Agricultural Wages Order each October. The report consists of statistics produced by Defra, the Welsh Assembly and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Historically Defra’s survey of the Earnings and Hours of Agricultural and Horticultural Workers survey collected much of the information needed for the report. In 2011 the survey was reviewed and stopped because a suitable alternative data source was identified. The ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is the new source of data on the earnings of agricultural workers. More information can be found here.