Use of soil nutrient software on English farms location 2022

In 2021/22, approximately 45 percent of responding farming businesses partially in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone in England stated that they used soil nutrient software to help determine fertilizer applications. Compared to 2017/18 the share of respondents who said they use such software grew by five percent. The smallest share of respondents who said they use these software packages could be found among farm businesses who are not situated in a NVZ.

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

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Release date

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 2020, 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.'

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Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
The European Commission (EC) nitrates directive requires areas of land that drain into waters polluted by nitrates to be designated as Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs). Farmers with land in NVZs must follow rules to tackle nitrate loss from agriculture. The regulations that apply in England and Wales were reviewed and updated in 2017, including NVZ boundaries.'
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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