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Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2022

Annual statistics about agriculture in the United Kingdom.

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Agriculture in the United Kingdom 2022

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This annual publication provides an overview of agriculture in the UK. It contains an extensive range of data including farm incomes, land use, livestock numbers, prices, production of key commodities (eg wheat, milk, vegetables), overseas trade, organic farming and the environment. The information is used widely by government, industry, researchers and other stakeholders to support policy monitoring and development.

Agriculture in the United Kingdom datasets.

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Published 13 July 2023
Last updated 20 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. Chapter 2 Structure of industry has been updated because of changes to Scotland and Northern Ireland data (estimates now replaced by survey data). Data for England and Wales have not changed. Please see revision note in chapter 2 for further details.

  2. Correction to Farming income Table 3.2c.

  3. Added reference to total GVA for the Agri-food sector (including fishing) in the Food Chain chapter.

  4. First published.