Tablet usage on English farms by type 2019

A survey among English farm holdings that used a tablet in October of 2019 saw 14 percent of responding farms use their device to run mapping software to help with the management of environmental schemes (for example Landapp or ArcGIS). The most commonly stated use for tablets in relation to business operations was to use the device to keep up to date with farming and environmental issues such as news, blogs or farming forums.

Which of the following services is the tablet used for on your farm?*

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

October 2019

Number of respondents

968 respondents

Special properties

Farming holdings with a tablet*

Supplementary notes

* The original question was framed as follows:"Which of the following services are these devices used for on your farm?"

** The source notes: "These holdings were targeted by farm type and size to ensure a representative sample."

Complete survey categories with given examples:
Defra and related services (e.g. CTS, Basic Payments Scheme, Surveys, Natural England and Environment Agency Services)
Other Government services (e.g. tax, PAYE)
Farm / operational management (e.g. milk recording, benchmarking)
Mapping software (e.g. Landapp, ArcGIS) to help with management of environmental schemes
Financial services (e.g. online banking, accounting)
Sales and/or purchases online
Marketing (e.g. own website)
Online training
Keeping up to date with farming and environmental issues (e.g. news, blogs, farming forums)
Online shopping

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