* The original question was framed as follows:'Which of the following services are these devices used for on your farm?'
** The source notes: 'These holdings were targeted by farm type and size to ensure a representative sample.'
Complete categories with given examples: Defra and related services (e.g. CTS, Basic Payments Scheme, Surveys, Natural England and Environment Agency Services) Other Government services (e.g. tax, PAYE) Farm / operational management (e.g. milk recording, benchmarking) Mapping software (e.g. Landapp, ArcGIS) to help with management of environmental schemes Financial services (e.g. online banking, accounting) Sales and/or purchases online Marketing (e.g. own website) Online training Keeping up to date with farming and environmental issues (e.g. news, blogs, farming forums) Online shopping
A survey among English farm holdings that used a smartphone in October of 2019 saw *** percent of responding farms use smartphones to run mapping software to help with the management of environmental schemes (for example Landapp or ArcGIS). The most commonly stated use for the device in relation to business operations was to use the phone to keep up to date with farming and environmental issues such as news, blogs or farming forums.
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