FBS sample threshold set at greater than or equal to £21,000 of Standard Output Farm typology based on 2017 Standard Output coefficients Standard Labour Requirement based on 2024 coefficients Weighting methodology revised.
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.
In 2024/25, approximately ***percent of responding very large farming businesses (five or more Standard Labor Requirement) in England stated that they used precision farming techniques. This was the highest share among the various business sizes. The lowest share of responding businesses that said they use precision farming techniques could be found among the spare and part-time businesses. For a breakdown of technologies used on English farming holdings click here.
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