Fertiliser usage
Results from the British Survey of Fertiliser Practice.
Introduction
The British Survey of Fertiliser Practice (BSFP) is an annual survey based on the selection each year of a representative sample of farms from mainland Britain. The main purpose of the survey is to estimate average application rates of nitrogen, phosphate and potash used for agricultural crops and grassland. Information is also collected on applications of sulphur fertilisers, organic manures and lime.
User engagement
Data from the BSFP is an invaluable evidence base for policy makers, academics and researchers. The data is also heavily relied upon by farmers and industry professionals to inform decision making and recommendations of fertiliser application rates, timings of application and coverage.
The BSFP is the key data source for the UK Agricultural Inventory of Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions legal reporting requirements and is heavily cited by the Climate Change Committee on progress towards Net Zero.
As part of our ongoing commitment to compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics we wish to strengthen our engagement with users of BSFP data and better understand the use made of them and the types of decisions that they inform. Consequently, we invite users to register as a “user of the BSFP”, so that we can retain your details and inform you of any new releases of BSFP statistics and provide you with the opportunity to take part in user engagement activities that we may run. If you would like to register as a user of the BSFP, please provide your details in the attached form.
Latest British survey of fertiliser practice
The latest British survey of fertiliser practice report and dataset.
Previous British survey of fertiliser practice reports
British survey of fertiliser practice reports from 1992 onwards.
Updates to this page
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Added information on user engagement.
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Updated page layout and added 2023 data.
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Uploaded latest report for 21/22 and the accompanying dataset.
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Added British Survey of Fertiliser Practice 2021.
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Added link to British fertiliser use survey 2020.
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Added link to 2019 Report page.
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Added link to British survey of fertiliser practice 2018.
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British survey of fertiliser practice 2017 added.
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Updated with link to 2016 statistical notice.
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British survey of fertiliser practice 2015 added, dataset updated.
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British survey of fertiliser practice 2014 added.
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Updated to include 2013 report.
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First published.