Pasture Farm Vegetation, Soil, and Management Data from Great Britain, 2019

Field-level data from pasture-fed livestock farms across Great Britain in 2019, collected by the UK Centre of Ecology & Hydrology. The dataset includes vegetation species and characteristics, soil quality metrics, and farm management information for a single field per sampled farm.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between soil quality metrics and vegetation species composition across British farms.
• Model the impact of specific field management practices on recorded vegetation characteristics.
• Cluster farms based on combined soil metrics, vegetation data, and management information to identify farming archetypes.

Strengths

• Data collected by a recognized research organization, the UK Centre of Ecology & Hydrology.
• Covers multiple analytical dimensions: vegetation, soil, and farm management for each field.
• Spatially representative, sourced from farms across Great Britain.

Limitations

• Unknown sample size (row count) and specific column structure limits assessment of statistical power.
• Single-year snapshot (2019) prevents longitudinal or trend analysis.
• Focus on a single field per farm may not represent entire farm operations.

Provenance

Source

UK Centre of Ecology & Hydrology, Environmental Information Data Centre.

Collection Method

Field data collection from farms belonging to the Pasture Fed Livestock Association (PFLA).

Time Range

2019

Freshness

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Geography

Great Britain