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Agricultural land use in the United Kingdom

Estimates of crop areas and land use in the United Kingdom.

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Agricultural Land Use in United Kingdom (dataset)

Agricultural land used to feed livestock in the United Kingdom (dataset)

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This publication gives the UK results of the June Census of Agriculture and Horticulture by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland. It gives statistics on agricultural land use and crop area in the United Kingdom.

The Agricultural land used to feed livestock in the United Kingdom dataset provides estimates of the proportion of agricultural land used to feed livestock compared to other uses.

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Updates to this page

Published 15 December 2022
Last updated 12 December 2024 + show all updates
  1. update to latest report.

  2. Added "Land used for animal feed in the United Kingdom" dataset.

  3. Updated agricultural land use in United Kingdom at 1 June 2023 statistics notice and dataset.

  4. First published.

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