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Farm rents

Annual statistics about average farm rents in England.

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From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
7 March 2013
Last updated:
12 March 2026
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  1. Update to titles and header text of figures 1.1 and 1.2, to clarify the population the data applies to. Links to the June Survey data on land area were also added to the commentary page.

  2. Update to the description information.

  3. Annual update of the 'Farm Rents' publication with data for 2024/25.

  4. Annual update of the 'Farm Rents' publication with data for 2023/24.

  5. Updates to Sections 6.1 & 6.2 and 'Details' pane.

  6. Annual update of the 'Farm Rents' publication with data for 2022/23.

  7. Figure 1.3 & 1.5 and tables 1.2 & 1.4 updated due to error in data.

  8. Updated with data for 2021.

  9. Added statistical notice with 2020 data.

  10. Descriptive text for table 3.1 pg. 11, corrected 08/04/2021, to read an increase of 4000 ha from 2018.

  11. Added latest statistical notice and dataset, data to 2019/20.

  12. Added latest statistical notice and datasets, 2018/19 figures.

  13. Updated with statistical notice for 2017, and dataset to 2017.

  14. Updated with statistical notice for 2016, and dataset to 2016.

  15. Updated to include 2015 statistics notice and dataset.

  16. Removed out of date commentary from detail summary on document page.

  17. Updated to include 2014 statistics notice and dataset.

  18. Farm Rents - England 2013 and dataset published.

  19. Corrected the estimates of average annual changes to rental agreements having a rent review (see the the last paragraph on page 3 of the statistics notice.)

  20. Updated to include 2012 figures.

  21. First published.

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Farm Rents in England, 2024/25 – statistics notice

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Farm Rents in England 2024/25 - dataset

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Farm Rents in England 2024/25 Tables: Machine-Readable CSV Format

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Details

Following feedback from users, this publication now contains additional information on the distribution of annual rent per hectare and the outcome of rent reviews.

If you are looking for the land area under different tenancy agreements, this is now published separately and can be found at the following link: Agricultural land ownership and tenure in England - GOV.UK. This is because the source of the data is the June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture, rather than the Farm Business Survey.

This publication shows estimates of average farm rents paid in England under full agricultural tenancies, farm business tenancies, seasonal agreements and informal agreements, the frequency and outcome of rent reviews, as well as average length of these agreements.

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