The figures on the following tables show the number of farmers, partners, directors and their spouses (if working on the holding) by farm type in England. The farm types for 1997 to 2000 are presented separately from the 2001 to 2008 types because of differing farm type definitions.
1997 1998 1999 2000 Cereals 29,179 29,870 28,232 31,406 General cropping 19,561 18,687 18,171 17,163 Horticulture 14,140 13,643 13,239 15,562 Pigs and poultry 7,433 7,235 6,777 8,483 Dairy 35,104 34,405 33,216 31,418 Cattle and sheep (LFA) 15,299 17,071 16,956 17,007 Cattle and sheep (lowland) 42,146 42,057 43,300 48,872 Mixed 19,415 19,918 18,567 19,400 Other types 24,144 25,270 24,904 31,620 All types 206,421 208,156 203,362 220,931
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Cereals 35,100 34,298 33,835 34,527 33,672 33,929 34,818 35,402 General cropping 18,766 17,346 16,578 16,286 14,812 14,654 13,619 12,843 Horticulture 17,247 16,762 15,932 15,978 14,826 14,734 13,494 13,263 Specialist pigs 2,949 2,999 2,743 3,030 3,349 3,111 3,418 3,625 Specialist poultry 7,335 7,356 7,177 7,792 9,514 8,911 9,002 9,877 Dairy 30,178 30,425 28,918 28,057 26,168 25,706 21,082 20,122 LFA—grazing livestock 17,752 19,184 18,501 19,188 18,843 21,266 20,657 20,194 Lowland—grazing Livestock 45,766 48,090 47,815 53,380 53,219 50,306 46,779 45,827 Mixed 22,825 23,364 22,796 19,366 19,720 18,991 15,875 15,915 Other types 35,913 25,697 24,828 26,756 28,837 32,163 40,258 42,436 All types 233,828 225,520 219,123 224,362 222,961 223,770 219,004 219,505 Notes: 1. Includes full and part-time farmers, partners directors and spouses (if working on the holding). 2. Figures prior to 2000 are for main holdings only. From 2000 onwards main and minor holdings are included. 3. Farm type categories were altered in 2001. 4. A register improvement exercise was undertaken in 2001. Labour figures prior to this are not directly comparable with later results. Source: June Agricultural Survey