Farm incomes fall by 20% in a year due to weather, Covid and Brexit

Increased hardship for small farmers as close to a billion pounds wiped off UK's farming economy in 2020

Farm incomes dropped drastically last year, as poor weather combined with the impact of the pandemic and Brexit-related issues wiped close to a billion pounds off the UK's farming economy and increased hardship for many small farmers.

Total income from farming, calculated annually by the government, fell from nearly 5.2bn in 2019 to just over 4.1bn in 2020, the lowest value in real terms since 2007.