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FBS data builder is a specialist interactive system for professionals and researchers. It allows direct interrogation of Farm Business Survey (FBS) data to construct user defined tables.

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FBS data builder. v78[4.1.c]: Table 20055   Age band of principal farmer                
England:  2019/20       ALL AGES —————     —————     —————     —————     —————     —————     —————     —————      
                Under 45 —————     —————     45 - <55 55 - <65 65 & over —————     —————      
                  < 35 35 - <45       65 - <75 >=75  
Farm Type     Cell Variable Statistic                    
ALL FARM TYPES    Number of farms Sum 56,521 5,580 754 4,826 11,266 19,749 19,926 13,743 6,183  
       Cropping   —     —     22,310 2,241 217 2,024 4,047 7,412 8,610 5,759 2,851  
       —     Cereals —     —     13,995 1,406 164 1,242 2,862 4,325 5,402 3,748 1,655  
       —     General cropping —     —     5,743 620 47 573 852 2,194 2,077 1,331 747  
       —     Horticulture —     —     2,572 215 6 209 334 893 1,130 681 449  
       —     —     Specialist fruit —     —     676 18 6 12 91 178 389 143 245  
       —     —     Specialist glass —     —     254 25 0 25 54 76 98 67 31  
       —     —     Specialist hardy nursery stock —     —     659 101 0 101 80 285 193 143 50  
       —     —     Other horticulture —     —     983 71 0 71 109 354 450 327 123  
       Grazing Livestock —     —     25,249 2,483 333 2,150 5,151 8,903 8,712 6,365 2,347  
       —     Dairy —     —     5,680 480 122 358 1,601 2,411 1,188 937 250  
       —     Grazing livestock (lowland) —     —     12,727 1,367 34 1,333 2,110 4,451 4,799 3,279 1,520  
       —     Grazing livestock (LFA) —     —     6,842 636 177 458 1,440 2,041 2,724 2,149 576  
       —     —     Grazing livestock (DA) —     —     2,572 308 89 219 547 716 1,001 839 162  
       —     —     Specialist sheep (SDA) —     —     2,075 114 70 44 325 652 984 808 176  
       —     —     Other grazing livestock (SDA) —     —     2,195 214 19 195 568 673 740 501 239  
       Other types & mixed —     —     8,962 856 204 652 2,067 3,435 2,604 1,619 985  
       —     Pigs —     —     1,375 98 0 98 375 756 146 135 11  
       —     Poultry —     —     1,635 318 41 277 401 661 255 186 69  
       —     Mixed —     —     5,952 440 163 278 1,291 2,018 2,203 1,298 905  
                             
 

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