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Farm Household Income: methodology

Introducing a new method for measuring the income of farming households.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 18 December 2025

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Introducing a new method for measuring the income of farming households

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Defra has been reviewing the way we collect and measure data on Farm Household Income for England only. This paper summarises discussions with the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Teagasc (The Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland), and the United States’ Department of Agriculture (USDA), and reviews literature on Farm Household Income data collection across European Union Member States, as well as in the USA, Switzerland, Norway, Japan and Korea.

Published 18 December 2025