The Farm Business Survey are looking for poultry enterprises to provide their views to help shape farm policy.

Not only will you get to make a valuable contribution to the project, for every Wynnstay Humphrey Feeds & Pullets customer who completes a survey, a donation of £250 will be made to our nominated charity, Children with Cancer UK.

What is the Farm Business Survey?

Formed in 1936 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) under the name ‘the Farm Management Survey, the Farm Business Survey continues to this day, commissioned by DEFRA but carried out independently by Promar International. Data from the Farm Business Survey informs government, having been used to form the 2020 Agriculture Act and DEFRA’s Farm Business Income report, as well as industry bodies, academics and publications.

Covering 90% of the farmed area in England via a stratified sample of 2.5% of farms, circa 1750 farms take part each year with the longest running farm having participated for 36 years. Benefits of participation include free management accounts, benchmarking and £600 of farm-specific accounting software based on Xero.

Poultry representation

Currently the sample is short in poultry representation. This risks the data being unrepresentative of the sector and we would urge anybody involved who feels they have the time to take part to contact us.

How to get involved

If you would like to help, a sign-up form can be found at www.farminfo.co.uk and following submission an interested farm would be assigned to a dedicated research officer. Research officers visit annually at the financial year end although if records are digital it is possible to fulfil the survey online or via telephone if desired. Confidentiality is assured and data cannot be used for marketing purposes.