Farm practices survey February 2022 - greenhouse gas mitigation practices
Results of the farm practices survey run in England in February 2022.
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The Farm Practices Survey (FPS) asks questions about how farming practices in England are affected by current agricultural and environmental issues. This publication gives the results of the FPS run in February 2022 that focused on practices relating to greenhouse gas mitigation. The main topics in this publication are:
- nutrient management
- anaerobic digestion
- emissions
- fertiliser, manure and slurry spreaders
- manure and slurry storage
- farm health planning and biosecurity
- grassland and grazing
- livestock feeding regimes and breeding practices
This release contains headline results for each section, the full breakdown of results, by region, farm type and farm size are shown in the dataset.
Previous year’s results can be found at Farm practices survey
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Last updated 30 May 2022 + show all updates
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To correct an error in section 3, final paragraph on page 15 of the notice. Change of word, increase should read decrease, i.e. corrected to "64% in 2022, a decrease from 67% in 2021."
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First published.