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Machinery investment on farms in England

Machinery investment on farms in England statistics sourced from the Farm Business Survey.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 20 December 2018
• Last updated: 17 March 2026
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  1. 17 March 2026

     The dataset was revised on 17 March 2026 after a calculation error was found in table 3.1 (Percentage of farms buying or selling machinery): the 'Purchased new' and 'Purchased used' rows were showing values for 'All purchases'. This has now been rectified, and no other data was affected.

  2. 1 May 2025

     Dataset and commentary updated for 2023/24.

  3. 3 October 2024

     Machinery investment on farms in England dataset updated for 2022/23.

  4. 29 March 2019

     Updated to reflect amended machinery definitions. There are no changes to the previously published figure.

  5. 20 December 2018

     First published.

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This release provides estimates of machinery investment made by farmers in England. The results are sourced from the Farm Business Survey and cover a broad range of expenditure from office and irrigation equipment to tractors and combine harvesters.

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