Statistical data set

Farmer Opinion Tracker for England

Farmer opinion tracker for England detailed results

This data series show the results of the Farmer Opinion Tracker for England from first run in September 2019 to date. The tracker provides a snapshot of views and opinions towards Defra’s vision for farming taken at a point in time, as stated on each worksheet. At each survey farmers were asked broadly the same questions about Defra’s vision for farming, business planning, relationships with farming groups and Defra and the future of farming.

The Timeseries compares results over time from September 2019 to date. Detailed results for each survey are available and provide breakdowns for farm ownership, size, type and region.

Farmer Opinion Tracker Timeseries for England

Farmer Opinion Tracker for England: April 2024

Farmer Opinion Tracker for England: October 2023

Farmer Opinion Tracker for England: April 2023

Farmer Opinion Tracker for England: October 2022

Farmer Opinion Tracker for England: April 2022

Farmer Opinion Tracker for England: October 2021

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Updates to this page

Published 22 July 2021
Last updated 28 October 2024 + show all updates
  1. Minor corrections to timeseries and April 2024 dataset. No data has been changed.

  2. Readded the October 2023 dataset.

  3. Minor correction to table footnote for the question 'What changes do you think you will need to make?'.

  4. Updated datasets for the April 2024 release.

  5. Added time-series and dataset for October 2023.

  6. Added time-series and dataset for April 2023.

  7. Edited changes worksheet and corrected title of the table 'What changes will you need to make?' to 'What changes are you making/will need to make?'.

  8. Edited England time series to include October 2022 statistics, as well as adding an October 2022 dataset.

  9. Added timeseries dataset.

  10. Added dataset for Farmer Opinion Tracker April 2022.

  11. Added dataset for Farmer Opinion Tracker for England: October 2021.

  12. Edited dataset to included results from April 2021 survey.

  13. First published.