UK farm other goods and services expenditure
UK farm other goods and services expenditure stood at £4,227.19m in 2025, according to GOV.UK official statistics. It is one of the indicators in the Farm income and yields table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1973 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Farm income and yields table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total intermediate consumption | 21,624.43 | 21,293.54 | 21,999.39 | 21,719.25 | 18,613.02 | 16,939.16 | 17,264.94 | 17,117.51 | 15,919.91 | 15,009.62 | |
| Other goods and services | 4,227.19 | 4,040.21 | 3,709.26 | 3,491.34 | 3,572.38 | 3,365.44 | 3,590.52 | 3,480.35 | 3,315.15 | 3,187 | |
| Animal feed | 7,060.69 | 7,092.5 | 7,638.39 | 8,220.58 | 6,629.1 | 5,791.01 | 5,618.17 | 5,668.4 | 5,062.79 | 4,464.25 |
Understanding UK farm other goods and services expenditure
Expenditure incurred by agricultural holdings across the United Kingdom on diverse contractual services, professional fees, maintenance contracts, insurance premiums, and miscellaneous operational overheads not captured within specific material categories. This item isolates administrative and external business costs required to maintain working farm enterprises, separating them from direct outlays on raw materials, seeds, fertilizers, or livestock feed. Shared infrastructural inputs and specialised contracting tasks are grouped here rather than under hired labour or direct machinery maintenance, reflecting the outsourcing of professional duties common in modern agricultural management across the United Kingdom.
Interpreting figures requires accounting for structural shifts in how farms contract out specialised tasks, which can transfer costs between direct labour and this service category without changing overall outlays. Early estimates for business overheads frequently undergo substantial revisions as annual returns, tax records, and administrative surveys are fully processed. Comparing figures across periods should be done on an annual basis to account for the seasonal bunching of professional fees, insurance renewals, and contract payments, while avoiding direct comparisons with material input series that respond immediately to weather and biological cycles.
Frequently asked questions
- What types of business expenses are grouped under other goods and services?
- Professional fees, insurance policies, contract accountancy, waste management, and outsourced operational services not allocated elsewhere.
- How does this expenditure category differ from hired labour costs?
- It covers external contractors and purchased business services rather than wages and salaries paid directly to permanent or seasonal farm workers.
- Why do estimates for miscellaneous farm services often change in later revisions?
- Initial projections rely on administrative samples that are subsequently adjusted once comprehensive annual business accounts become available.