Corporate information: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – Statistics at Defra

We publish national and official statistics relating to the environment, rural communities, food, farming and biosecurity.




Official Statistics: Rural business statistics

Number and type of businesses in rural and urban areas.




Official Statistics: Statistical Digest of Rural England

Statistical Digest of Rural England – March 2021 (latest edition).




National Statistics: Historical statistics notices on UK milk prices and composition of milk, 2021

Previously published National Statistics notices on UK averages of the farm-gate price and composition of milk.




National Statistics: Farming statistics: Livestock populations at 1 December 2020 – UK

UK statistics on the number of cattle, sheep and pigs at 1 December 2020.