The Nix Farm Management Pocketbook is compiled by The Andersons Centre, a leading provider of farm business consultancy and business research across UK agriculture. We aim to provide the most comprehensive source of agricultural business information to the UK.
Since it was first published 55 years ago, The John Nix Farm Management Pocketbook has become the most widely used and most trusted agricultural costing book amongst UK farmers. It is the longest-running costings book in the industry.
The 2025 Edition, has all the topics as before with all figures updated for 2025. It has been brought up to date, keeping it the most useful book of its type. It includes 350 pages of fully revised data, includes gross margins, overheads, rents, finance, all capital, grants, taxation, environmental impact of farming, greenhouse gas emission data and much more.
The latest (2025) Edition, out in September 2024 contains many new analyses. They include:
- Refreshed labour schedules including Standard Labour Days (replacing Standard Man days)
- Short discussion on the economic outlook for each main farming sector
- Analysis of Regenerative agriculture
- Undersown barley gross margins
- Integrated Pest Management
- Re-wilding
- Analysis on carbon markets, credits, and certificates
- Health and Safety key figures for farming
- As well as new enterprises considering diversification