Defra’s latest figures for farm business incomes for the March 2023 to February 2024 period show falls for all farm enterprises save for specialist pig and poultry units. The figures replace the provisional figures issued last March....
Farm Business Incomes
Red meat and poultry farm incomes fare best in pandemic
Grazing livestock and poultry enterprises fared best in the March 2020 to February 2021 period, according to the initial Defra Farm Business Income estimates for England, based on survey data. Cereals, dairy and pigs were all down year-on-year. Defra says the...
Rising feed costs depress livestock farm incomes
Defra’s first estimate of Farm Business Incomes in England for the year ended February 2019 predicts a decrease for all farm enterprises save for cereals. Defra says the figures are broad indications of how individual enterprises have fared in the last 12 months,...
All 2017 farm incomes up, save for pig units
Defra’s revised estimates of Farm Business Incomes in England from March 2017 to February 2018 show increases across all farm enterprises except for speciality pig units. The figures replace the initial forecast published at the end of February this year. All eligible...
Most farm incomes down for 2015/16
Defra has published its final estimates of farm business incomes in England for the year ended February 2016. It first published provisional estimates in February. The figures show that average farm business incomes were lower than in 2014-15 for all farm enterprises...
