Use of precision farming on English farms by region 2017-2021

In 2020/21, approximately 28 percent of responding farming businesses in the West Midlands of England stated that they used precision farming techniques. Compared to 2017/18 this constitutes an increase of nine percent. The lowest share of responding businesses that said they use precision farming techniques could be found in the South West region. For a breakdown of technologies used on English farming holdings click here.

Share of farm businesses using precision farming techniques in England 2017/18 to 2020/21, by region

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May 2022

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2017/2018 to 2020/2021

Number of respondents

1661*

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
2019/20 - 1664

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."

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