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Farm business management practices in England

Statistics on the business management practices adopted by farmers in England.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
21 May 2013
Last updated:
30 April 2026
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  1. Updated with 2024/25 statistics notice and datasets.

  2. Corrected error in table 5.1.

  3. Added six machine readable data sets.

  4. Update this publication for 2022/23.

  5. Business management practices statistical notice has been updated, figures for 2016/17.

  6. First published.

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Details

This publication provides percentages on the business management practices adopted by farmers in England, using data from the Farm Business Survey. Topics include:

  • business planning, benchmarking and management accounting
  • risk management
  • accessing advice
  • succession planning

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Defra statistics: Farm Business Survey

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