The number of farmers on dairy, arable, beef and sheep holdings in June 2008 (the latest data available) are shown in the following table. The type of farm is determined by the predominant agricultural activity taking place on the holding, using data from the annual June Survey of Agriculture. Beef and sheep farms are not categorised separately.
The number of farmers on mixed holdings are also shown as these are holdings with both livestock and crops but where neither activity dominates.
(a) Dairy farmers (b) Arable farmers (c) and (d) Beef and sheep farmers (e) Mixed farmers Dairy Cereals General cropping Grazing livestock (LFA) Grazing livestock (lowland) Mixed Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees 17 147 1— 0 58 22 South Teesside 29 75 1— 29 28 44 Darlington 18 129 24 0 53 46 Durham CC 133 534 37 1,078 458 234 Northumberland 89 711 75 1,333 430 367 Tyneside 1— 85 1— 18 43 36 Sunderland 0 35 0 0 10 1— West Cumbria 771 118 32 760 768 215 East Cumbria 1,402 175 40 2,608 1,093 348 Halton and Warrington 24 89 55 0 35 25 Cheshire CC 1,337 392 252 263 1,405 288 Greater Manchester South 35 30 21 106 74 18 Greater Manchester North 127 115 24 335 149 54 Blackburn with Darwen 24 0 1— 113 19 11 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 — 0 Lancashire CC 1,388 184 494 1,548 1,149 314 East Merseyside 0 103 45 0 27 11 Liverpool 0 1— 0 0 1— 0 Sefton 0 19 32 0 25 1— Wirral 22 15 10 0 33 11 Kingston upon Hull, City of 0 1— 1— 0 0 0 East Riding of Yorkshire 70 1,329 671 0 431 331 North and North East Lincolnshire 10 413 195 0 144 70 York 20 149 76 0 84 40 North Yorkshire CC 1,364 2,320 845 2,816 1,898 1,208 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham 115 605 98 102 239 131 Sheffield 42 21 1— 157 36 18 Bradford 83 1— 0 435 78 38 Leeds 34 133 57 56 131 45 Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield 173 221 55 932 167 163 Derby 0 1— 0 0 12 1— East Derbyshire 104 205 45 126 194 123 South and West Derbyshire 791 318 81 1,257 654 260 Nottingham 0 1— 0 0 1— 0 North Nottinghamshire 60 607 230 0 287 162 South Nottinghamshire 34 278 61 0 164 82 Leicester 0 1— 1— 0 1— 0 Leicestershire CC and Rutland 340 1,080 96 0 1,110 333 Northamptonshire 59 1,107 65 0 862 247 Lincolnshire 100 2,688 1,513 0 776 422 Herefordshire, County of 218 544 492 511 1,431 642 Worcestershire 181 574 304 0 1,290 338 Warwickshire 139 925 127 0 1,005 337 Telford and Wrekin 42 73 69 0 101 32 Shropshire CC 997 837 347 915 1,763 785 Stoke-on-Trent 1— 1— 0 0 43 1— Staffordshire CC 1,343 545 258 1,064 1,269 356 Birmingham 1— 23 1— 0 6 0 Solihull 11 54 1— 0 74 28 Coventry 1— 12 1— 0 27 11 Dudley and Sandwell 1— 0 1— 0 14 7 Walsall and Wolverhampton 1— 1— 18 0 16 1— Peterborough 1— 131 72 0 20 1— Cambridgeshire CC 14 1,502 849 0 311 118 Norfolk 95 1,404 1,858 0 862 507 Suffolk 85 1,827 737 0 660 356 Luton 0 1— 0 0 1— 1— Bedfordshire CC 25 729 93 0 225 79 Hertfordshire 29 646 20 0 278 67 Southend-on-Sea 0 0 0 0 0 1— Thurrock 0 24 1— 0 35 1— Essex CC 31 1,797 289 0 508 257 Inner London—west 0 1— 0 0 1— 0 Inner London—east 0 0 0 0 1— 1— Outer London—east and north-east 0 30 17 0 19 1— Outer London—south 0 20 5 0 20 8 Outer London—west and north-west 1— 1— 1— 0 20 14 Berkshire 26 242 28 0 263 73 Milton Keynes 13 112 — 0 63 12 Buckinghamshire CC 114 462 34 0 697 249 Oxfordshire 102 951 84 0 700 278 Brighton and Hove 1— 1— 1— 0 8 1— East Sussex CC 114 342 81 0 1,263 274 Surrey 73 129 24 0 644 82 West Sussex 111 419 107 0 720 197 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 1— 0 Southampton 1— 1— 1— 0 1— 1— Hampshire CC 190 793 112 0 1,260 313 Isle of Wight 57 88 21 0 267 49 Medway 0 18 20 0 28 1— Kent CC 102 895 334 0 1,500 389 Bristol, City of 0 1— 1— 0 24 0 N and NE Somerset, S Glos. 403 279 35 0 972 231 Gloucestershire 432 748 88 0 1,699 413 Swindon 24 65 1— 0 50 15 Wiltshire CC 506 871 73 0 1,244 293 Bournemouth and Poole 1— 0 0 0 10 1— Dorset CC 789 447 53 0 1,539 290 Somerset 1,338 685 167 507 2,706 592 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 1,251 609 396 954 2,377 925 Plymouth 0 1— 1— 0 20 0 Torbay 1— 0 0 0 27 19 Devon CC 2,419 1,081 334 2,172 4,594 1,491 England 20,122 35,402 12,843 20,194 45,827 15,915 1 Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Notes: 1.Farmers includes full- and part-time farmers, partners, directors and spouses if working on the holding. 2.The grazing livestock farm type categories also include a small number of holdings with farmed deer and goats. Source: June Agricultural Survey