December Survey of Agriculture, England

The December survey of Agriculture provides information and evidence on the condition of the agricultural industry in England.
Source agency: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Designation: National Statistics
Language: English
Alternative title: December Survey of Agriculture, England

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Commercial holdings are defined as those that exceed at least one of the thresholds detailed below.
Thresholds for the EU Farm Structure Survey
Characteristics Threshold
Utilised agricultural area Arable land, kitchen gardens, permanent grassland, permanent crops >5 ha
Permanent outdoor crops Fruit, berry, citrus and olive plantations, vineyards and nurseries >1 ha
Outdoor intensive production Hops >0.5 ha
Tobacco >0.5 ha
Cotton >0.5 ha
Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries, which are outdoors or under low (not accessible) protective cover >0.5 ha
Crops under glass or other (accessible) protective cover Fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries >0.1 ha
Flowers and ornamental plants (excluding nurseries) >0.1 ha
Bovine animals All >10 Head
Pigs All >50 Head
Breeding sows >10 Head
Sheep All >20 Head
Goats All >20 Head
Poultry All >1,000 Head
Hardy nursery stock >1 ha
Mushrooms All mushroom holdings to be included >0
Note: The UK have also re-included holdings with >5ha temporary let out land or temporarily empty pig or poultry sheds.
Further information
Further details on all of the data sources used in this workbook can be found on our survey notes and guidance webpage via the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry-survey-notes-and-guidance
Revisions to the 2009 June Survey data
The 2009 June Survey figures were revised on 16 September 2010.
The 2009 figures were revised for two reasons. Firstly, the new methodology for 2010 employed thresholds to exclude holdings with very small amounts of activity, so revised 2009 figures were required to permit like-for-like comparisons. Secondly, the census prompted a register cleaning exercise that removed inactive holdings from the register.
Revisions to the 2009 December Survey data
The 2009 December Survey figures were revised on 1 March 2011.
The December 2009 figures were revised in line with June 2009 figures for the reasons stated above. From 2010 onwards the December figures only relate to commercial holdings as defined by the EU Farm Structure Survey thresholds.
Changes to the source of December sheep data
"A review of the sources of sheep data as at 1 December was conducted in autumn 2010 to investigate the feasibility of using the Sheep and Goat (SAG) Inventory as the source of sheep data for the February returns to Eurostat and Defra publications of December data. Previously, sheep figures were collected in the annual December Survey of Agriculture at the same time that the SAG Inventory was held in England. This switch of sources would yield internal efficiencies and savings, avoid duplication of effort in data collection and reduce the burden of paperwork on farmers caused by Defra surveys. It would also improve the accuracy of the results, as over 56,000 SAG forms were sent out in England in the 2009 exercise compared with the corresponding December Survey’s sample of 15,000 holdings. The review recommended the SAG Inventory should be the source of English data on sheep at December and therefore questions about sheep were removed from the 2010 December Survey form. Results cover all sheep holdings in England. Data on sheep numbers will continue to be collected through the June Survey (for commercial holdings only)."

十二月农业调查报告提供了有关英格兰农业产业状况的信息与证据。
来源机构：环境、食品和农村事务部
标识：国家统计数据
语言：英语
备选标题：英格兰十二月农业调查
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商业性持有地定义为超过以下详细说明的至少一个阈值。
欧盟农场结构调查阈值
特征 阈值
利用的农业面积 耕地、菜园、永久性草地、永久性作物 >5 公顷
永久性户外作物 果树、浆果、柑橘和橄榄种植园、葡萄园和苗圃 >1 公顷
户外集约化生产 啤酒花 >0.5 公顷
烟草 >0.5 公顷
棉花 >0.5 公顷
在户外或低（不可接近）保护覆盖下种植的新鲜蔬菜、瓜类和草莓 >0.5 公顷
玻璃或其它（可接近）保护覆盖下的作物 新鲜蔬菜、瓜类和草莓 >0.1 公顷
花卉和观赏植物（不包括苗圃） >0.1 公顷
牛群 所有牛群 >10 头
猪 所有猪 >50 头
繁殖母猪 >10 头
羊 所有羊 >20 头
山羊 所有山羊 >20 头
家禽 所有家禽 >1,000 头
耐寒苗圃 >1 公顷
蘑菇 所有蘑菇持有地均需包括 >0
注：英国还重新纳入了超过5公顷临时出租土地或临时空置猪或家禽舍的持有地。
更多信息
关于本工作簿中使用的数据来源的详细信息，可在以下链接的我们的调查笔记和指南网页上找到：
https://www.gov.uk/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry-survey-notes-and-guidance
2009年六月调查数据的修订
2009年六月调查数据于2010年9月16日进行了修订。
2009年的数据修订有两个原因。首先，2010年采用的新方法使用阈值来排除活动量非常小的持有地，因此需要修订2009年的数据以允许同类比较。其次，人口普查促使进行了登记清理工作，从中除去了登记册中的非活动持有地。
2009年十二月调查数据的修订
2009年十二月调查数据于2011年3月1日进行了修订。
2009年12月的修订与2009年6月的修订一致，原因如上所述。从2010年起，12月的数据仅与定义为欧盟农场结构调查阈值的商业性持有地相关。
十二月羊数据来源的变更
“对截至2010年12月1日的羊数据来源进行了审查，以调查将羊和山羊（SAG）存货作为羊数据来源用于向欧统计局和英国环境、食品和农村事务部发布的十二月数据的可行性。此前，羊的数量是在英格兰年度十二月农业调查期间收集的，与英格兰的SAG存货同时进行。这种来源的转换将产生内部效率并节省成本，避免数据收集中的重复劳动，并减少由英国环境、食品和农村事务部调查引起的农民文书工作负担。这还将提高结果的准确性，因为2009年的英格兰活动中发出了超过56,000份SAG表格，而相应的十二月调查样本为15,000个持有地。审查建议SAG存货应成为英格兰十二月羊数据的来源，因此2010年十二月调查表格中删除了有关羊的问题。结果涵盖英格兰所有羊的持有地。羊只数量将继续通过六月调查（仅限于商业性持有地）收集。”