Farms: Ownership
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the proportion of farm holdings that are owned by a single person or entity.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
In 2021, the statistical estimates for the proportion of farmers in England who have financial and legal responsibility for an agricultural holding is shown below:
Financial and legal responsibility for a holding | Proportion of holdings |
One person | 46% |
Two or more people who are close family members | 49% |
Two or more people who are not related | 1% |
An organisation (or a legal person) | 4% |
Sourced from the Defra June Survey of Agriculture
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