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Off-Farm Income

Estimates of Off-Farm Income from the Farm Business Survey (FBS).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 11 July 2024
• Last updated: 22 June 2026
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  1. 22 June 2026

     Calculation errors were found in real terms Off-Farm Income averages. These have been deleted from the datasets and messages have been added to call this to the attention of users.

  2. 18 December 2025

     Added CTA box and link to new methodology page.

  3. 22 May 2025

     Update for 2023/24.

  4. 11 July 2024

     First published.

Applies to England

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Off-Farm Income in England: 2023/24

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Off-Farm Income in England: 2023/24 - dataset

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Off-Farm Income proportions, 2021/22 to 2023/24 (Machine Readable Version)

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Off-Farm Income medians, 2021/22 to 2023/24 (Machine Readable Version)

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A previous version of the dataset (published May 2025) included Off-Farm Income averages in real terms. These had been calculated incorrectly and have therefore been removed. Updated real terms values will be included in the 2024/25 publication, which will be released Summer 2026. Where real terms figures are referenced in the statistical commentary, these should be disregarded.

Defra has been reviewing the way we collect and measure data on Farm Household Income for England only. A paper summarising this review is available at Farm Household Income: methodology.

This release uses information collected in the Farm Business Survey (FBS) to present data on Off-Farm Income in England. This release provides the proportion of farms earning each type of Off-Farm Income as well as average (median) total Off-Farm Income (equivalised and unequivalised). Breakdowns are shown for farm type, farm business size, tenure type and economic performance band. This release includes data from 2021/22 to 2023/24.