• Use of soil nutrient software on English farms by type 2020

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In 2019/20, approximately 52 percent of responding cereal farming businesses in England stated that they used soil nutrient software to help determine fertilizer applications. Compared to 2017/18 this constitutes an increase of two percent. The largest share of respondents who said they use these software packages could be found among general cropping farm businesses.

Share of farm businesses using soil nutrient software packages to help determine fertilizer applications in England from 2017/18 to 2019/20, by farm type

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2017/2018 to 2019/2020

Number of respondents

1,688 respondents

Special properties

Farming businesses

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Numbers for 2020, for prior years the number of respondents are as follows:

2017/18 - 1766
2018/19 - 1768

The source notes: "Results are weighted to represent the whole population of farm businesses that have at least 25,000 Euros of standard output as recorded in the annual June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture. In 2018/19, this accounted for approximately 57,100 farm businesses."
Furthermore: "From 2018/19, the classification of farms is based on 2013 standard output coefficients. 2017/18 results have been recalculated and presented in this release to allow comparability between 2017/18 and 2018/19."
Additionally:

"Farm Type
Where reference is made to the type of farm, this refers to the ‘robust type’, which is a standardized farm classification system."