FAS User Survey 2026

The Farming Advice Service (FAS) provides free, confidential advice for farmers and land managers in England to help protect people, livestock and the environment. We work in partnership with Catchment Sensitive Farming and are funded by Defra

We would be grateful if you could spare a few minutes to complete this survey. The questions include multiple choice and free-text options, asking for your views on the services we provide and suggestions on how they could be improved. Your individual responses will be anonymous.

The survey will be open until 31 May 2026. If you have any questions, or would like to share any other thoughts, please email us: advice@farmingadviceservice.org.uk

Please specify your job title.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

Please tell us your main farm sector.

Please tell us the farming sectors to which you provide advice, and how many businesses in each area.

Beef cattle and/or sheep (less favoured area)
Beef cattle and/or sheep (lowland)
Cereal
Dairy
General Cropping
Horses
Horticulture
Industrial/Energy crops
Mixed
Pigs
Poultry

Please tell us where you are based.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

Are you aware of the partnership between FAS and Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) and how this could benefit your business?
(Please select all that apply)

Have you engaged with Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) through the new FAS partnership?
(Please select all that apply)

I have accessed CSF resources and tools via the FAS website
I have visited the CSF YouTube channel
I have contacted / I intend to contact my local CSF team for advice
I have attended / I intend to attend CFS training or events local to me
Other - please tell us more Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.
None of the above

If you have used any of the following FAS services in the last 12 months, please rate how useful you have found them:

Newsletter
Key dates emails
Telephone helpline
Email helpline
Webinar events
FAS website
FAS social media (X, Facebook)
FAS podcasts
FAS presence at events

How often have the following services helped inform your business decisions? Please answer according to which FAS services you use or have used in the last 12-months.

Newsletter
Key dates emails
Telephone helpline
Email helpline
Webinar events
FAS website
FAS social media (X, Facebook)
FAS podcasts
FAS presence at events

How often have the following services helped inform your business decisions/your client’s business decisions? Please answer according to which FAS services you use or have used in the last 12-months.

Newsletter
Key dates emails
Telephone helpline
Email helpline
Webinar events
FAS website
FAS social media (X, Facebook)
FAS podcasts
FAS presence at events

FAS Newsletter: how useful do you find each of the following recurring sections of the monthly FAS newsletter?

Key dates
EA/CSF case studies
Trees on farm
Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements

FAS Newsletter: do you think the monthly newsletter is...?

If there is anything that you would like to change about the design of FAS content and services (e.g. format of the newsletters and website resources, helpline accessibility) please tell us more in the text box below:

If there are other topics you would like to see included in FAS content, please tell us more in the text box below:

Thank you for your time. If you have any other comments on FAS or topics covered by this survey, please add them below: