Farm business income
Annual statistics on farm business income in England.
Updates to this page
- From:
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Published:
- 13 January 2013
- Last updated:
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8 September 2026
Show all updates
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To commemorate 90 years of farm income data in 2026, a historical time series of farm incomes from 1940/41 to 2024/25 was added.
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Added stats release for FBI 2025/26 forecast.
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Updated data released for Section 6.2 - Survey Coverage and Weighting.
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Update to latest report.
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Updated with Farm Business Income by farm type forecasts for 2024/25.
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Yearly update for 2023/24.
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Added latest forcast report.
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A couple of small amendments were required to the wording in the html document.
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Due to a data revision, the FBI published on 16th November 2023 needs to be updated.
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Yearly update for 2022/23.
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Edited to include Farm Income Dataset, real terms prices (Machine Readable Version).
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Added the 2022/23 forecast to the farm business income publication.
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Update for farm business income for 2021/22.
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Edited to include additional HTML attachment for Farm Business Income in England, 2021/22 forecast.
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Added latest statistical notice and datasets, 2020/21 figures.
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Added statistical notice for Farm Business Income in England 2020/21 forecast.
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Added latest statistical notice and infographic, 2019/20 figures.
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Added 2019/20 forecast statistics.
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Updated with revised data.
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Added latest statistical notice and infographic, 2018/19 figures.
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Added Farm Business Income in England 2018/19 forecast.
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Added 2017/18 farm business income stats notice and infographic.
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Updated with farm business income 2017/18 forecast statistical notice.
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Updated farm business income 2016/17 statistic notice, infographic and datasets.
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The 2016/17 forecast notice has been updated only to correct an error in one of the dates quoted within the narrative for dairy farms on page 3.
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Technical issue at 09.30am on 28 February 2017 notice.
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Updated with farm business income 2016/17 forecast statistical notice and accompanying infographic.
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Updated for Farm Business Income 2015/16 outturns.
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Updated for Farm Business Income 2015/16 forecasts.
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Farm Business Income by type of farm in England, 2014/15 published.
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Updated for Farm Business Income 2014/15.
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Updated with revised Statistical Notice.
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Updated to 2013/14 figures.
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Updated text.
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Updated to include 2013/14 figures.
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Updated figures for 2012/13.
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First published.
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Applies to England
Documents
Historical Farm Income Time Series: 1940/41 to 2024/25
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Farm Income Dataset (machine readable version)
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Distribution of Farm Business Income 2024/25
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Farm Business Income by Cost Centre 2024/25
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Details
This publication gives annual statistics about farm business income in England. This represents the financial return to all unpaid labour on their capital invested in the farm business, including land and buildings. It is designed to compare performance across different types of farming.
Next update: see the statistics release calendar
Defra statistics: Farm Business Survey
Email fbs.queries@defra.gov.uk
You can also contact us via X: https://x.com/DefraStats
Access the interactive FBS dashboard at: https://shiny.farmbusinesssurvey.co.uk/