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Explore the Farm Business Data Dashboard

Access interactive farm business data for England

The Farm Business Data Dashboard provides an interactive, publicly available dashboard with anonymised financial and physical farm data across England.

Data is available from 2005/06 onwards, including single-year and 3-year average results, and is presented in both current and real terms.

Use the dashboard to explore trends in profitability, productivity, diversification, cost centres and input-output ratios — all by sector, farm size, region, and performance level

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What’s included in the dashboard?

Key Metrics

  • Farm Business Income (FBI)
  • Net Farm Income (NFI)
  • Cash Income
  • Farm Business Output and Costs
  • Total Factor Productivity
  • Cost centres: Agriculture, Diversification, Agri-environment, Direct Payments
  • Specific costs: Labour, feed, fertiliser, seed, vet, contracting, machinery depreciation and more

All data is filterable by:

  • Farm type
  • Farm size (Standard Labour Requirement)
  • Tenure type (Owner-occupied, Tenanted, Mixed)
  • Region (ITL2)
  • LFA status (Non-LFA, Disadvantaged Area, Severely Disadvantaged Area)
  • Performance band (Bottom 25%, Middle 50%, Top 25%)
  • Profitability band (Bottom 25%, Middle 50%, Top 25%)
  • Data available from 2005/06 (single-year)
  • 3-year average data from 2007/08
  • Presented as mean, median, total, and per hectare
  • Available in current and real terms

Explore performance by farm type, size, and region with:

  • Output/input cost ratios
  • Input cost breakdowns (fixed vs. variable)
  • Output breakdowns (e.g. crops, livestock, diversification)

Breakdown of income from diversified enterprises, by activity and farm type, including:

  • Income from non-farming enterprises
  • Differences across farm sizes, regions, and performance bands

This data is widely used by:

  • Government policy teams
  • Consultants and agri-businesses
  • Students and agricultural colleges
  • Farmers interested in benchmarking and sector trends

Need help using the data?

If you can’t find the data you need, or want to suggest a new breakdown or topic for future releases:

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We welcome input from researchers, policy teams, educators, and industry users to help us improve the accessibility and relevance of FBS data.

If you would like to register as a user of FBS data and publications with Defra, please register here.

Registering as a user means Defra will be able to contact you regarding any user engagement activities that they may run, such as seeking feedback on proposed changes.

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