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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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From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
15 December 2022
Last updated:
17 December 2025
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  1. Added new animal feed dataset.

  2. Updated with 2025 dataset and statistics notice.

  3. Update to the Agricultural Land Use in United Kingdom (dataset).

  4. update to latest report.

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

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

  7. First published.

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Agricultural Land Use in United Kingdom at 1 June 2025

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Agricultural Land Use in United Kingdom (dataset)

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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.

Next update: see the statistics release calendar.

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