Scottish farmers now have the opportunity to benchmark their farm against others in the sector. The new free programme launched by the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) uses information from the Farm Business Survey to measure performance.

Published on the FAS website, the Whole Farm Benchmarks and Enterprise Gross Margins tools allow farmers to check their business performance against similar livestock or crop farms.

Kev Bevan, principal consultant at SAC Consulting who run the Farm Business Survey, said: “Looking for opportunities to lift profitability has never been more important given the uncertainties created by COVID-19 and Brexit, but any search depends on knowing how well your farm is currently performing.”