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Publication - Statistics

Results from the June 2012 Scottish Agricultural Census

Published
25 September 2012
ISBN
9781782561156

Final results from the annual agricultural census. Land, livestock and labour items.

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5. Appendix of Tables

Table 1a. Agricultural area in hectares, 2002 to 2012

From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form (SAF) for holdings claiming Single Farm Payments.
This has been combined with land use data from all other holdings, collected through June Census forms, to generate overall results.
This change in the underlying data source constitutes a step change in the data series, which is more evident for certain land use categories, such as rough grazing and grass land.

Use of SAF Data
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (1) 2010 2011 2012 change between
2011 & 2012
Cereals
Wheat 97,192 87,498 101,126 95,595 99,681 102,744 113,797 92,482 111,418 115,412 100,637 -12.8%
Triticale 1,265 1,314 1,273 1,140 1,286 1,237 1,096 612 687 629 554 -11.9%
Barley - winter 61,234 55,649 56,348 51,341 53,762 52,625 57,612 45,149 47,948 45,477 42,816 -5.9%
Barley - spring 263,914 264,920 257,462 243,298 220,640 226,019 262,322 287,011 242,351 262,948 289,222 10.0%
Oats - winter 5,430 6,034 6,146 4,984 6,618 7,234 6,529 5,225 7,366 6,929 5,423 -21.7%
Oats - spring 16,477 16,306 15,685 14,971 16,064 13,634 15,191 17,074 15,615 14,785 18,249 23.4%
Mixed grain 421 445 322 444 461 405 239 1,229 893 923 807 -12.6%
Total 445,933 432,165 438,362 411,773 398,513 403,898 456,786 448,783 426,278 447,104 457,709 2.4%
Oilseed rape
Winter 26,432 29,883 34,176 32,269 30,978 34,276 31,623 26,948 34,115 36,918 35,541 -3.7%
Spring 4,469 5,280 5,141 3,322 2,764 2,058 2,000 2,095 1,876 1,470 1,070 -27.2%
Total 30,901 35,163 39,317 35,591 33,742 36,334 33,623 29,043 35,991 38,388 36,611 -4.6%
Peas for combining 1,451 1,674 1,582 1,395 1,490 1,790 1,480 2,025 1,668 1,198 682 -43.1%
Beans for combining 2,116 1,899 2,798 3,441 4,527 3,507 3,172 4,728 5,268 3,738 3,789 1.4%
Linseed (2)(5) 861 820 628 408 314 238 179 87 105 138 * *
Total combine harvested crops 481,262 471,721 482,687 452,608 438,586 445,766 495,239 484,666 469,310 490,566 498,791 1.7%
Potatoes
Seed 13,787 12,230 11,857 11,128 11,440 11,450 11,720 13,511 13,491 13,305 13,002 -2.3%
Ware 16,416 16,004 17,262 16,706 16,711 17,868 18,116 18,187 17,876 17,768 16,534 -6.9%
Total 30,204 28,234 29,118 27,834 28,151 29,318 29,836 31,697 31,368 31,073 29,536 -4.9%
Crops for stockfeeding
Turnips/swedes 9,073 8,679 8,363 7,555 7,314 6,486 5,540 5,123 4,888 4,406 4,350 -1.3%
Kale/cabbage 2,241 2,175 2,185 2,512 3,022 2,887 2,780 2,319 2,289 1,729 1,982 14.6%
Rape 2,937 2,860 3,014 3,135 3,188 2,944 2,710 2,657 2,315 1,917 2,186 14.0%
Fodder beet 402 371 402 337 350 417 577 667 630 594 584 -1.7%
Lupins (3) - 787 691 777 581 410 398 509 284 199 140 -29.6%
Other crops (4) 9,228 9,781 10,523 10,953 11,682 11,579 10,600 11,121 12,630 11,145 10,581 -5.1%
Total 23,880 24,653 25,178 25,270 26,137 24,722 22,605 22,395 23,037 19,989 19,823 -0.8%

(1) From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form (SAF) for holdings claiming Single Farm Payments.
(2) The 2003 figure for linseed also includes flax, which was collected separately for 2003 only.
(3) Lupins are not available before 2003.
(4) Maize is included within 'Crops for stockfeeding - other crops'.
(5) In order to prevent disclosure, for 2012 a small area of linseed was added to the figure for spring oilseed rape

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