Use of soil nutrient software on English farms by size 2022

In 2021/22, approximately 30 percent of responding large farming businesses (3 to less than 5 Standard Labor Requirement) in England stated that they used soil nutrient software to help determine fertilizer applications. Compared to 2017/18 this constitutes an increase of six percent. The largest share of respondents who said they use these software packages could be found among very large farm businesses.

Share of farm businesses using soil nutrient software packages to help determine fertilizer applications in England from 2017/18 to 2021/22, by farm size

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March 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2017/2018 to 2021/2022

Number of respondents

1,580*

Special properties

Farming businesses

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Numbers for 2021, for prior years the number of respondents are as follows:

2017/18 - 1766
2018/19 - 1768
2019/20 - 1664
2020/21 - 1661

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 Size
Farm sizes are based on the estimated labor requirements for the business, rather than its land area. The farm size bands used within the detailed results tables which accompany this publication are shown in the table below. Standard Labor Requirement (SLR) is defined as the theoretical number of workers required each year to run a business, based on its cropping and livestock activities.

Farm size - Definition Spare & Part time - Less than 1 SLRSmall - 1 to less than 2 SLRMedium - 2 to less than 3 SLRLarge - 3 to less than 5 SLRVery Large - 5 or more SLR'
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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