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.

Table 3a. Number of cattle, 2002 to 2012

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Percentage change between 2011 & 2012
Dairy herd
Cows and heifers in milk	173,568	172,678	168,994	170,491	171,768	170,842	166,447	162,381	160,209	158,326	158,479	0.1%
Cows in calf but not in milk	25,831	25,294	25,550	26,219	26,804	27,148	25,813	24,980	24,316	23,893	23,705	-0.8%
Total Dairy herd	199,399	197,972	194,544	196,710	198,572	197,990	192,260	187,361	184,525	182,219	182,184	*0.0%*
Beef herd
Cows and heifers in milk	389,444	386,241	394,614	393,303	388,979	378,772	374,286	362,167	368,351	368,792	365,191	-1.0%
Cows in calf but not in milk	99,345	100,892	98,259	99,016	98,215	93,452	90,889	88,650	88,580	90,549	87,247	-3.6%
Total Beef herd	488,789	487,133	492,873	492,319	487,194	472,224	465,175	450,817	456,931	459,341	452,438	*-1.5%*
Heifers in calf for the first time
Dairy HIC1st- 2 years and over	30,023	27,482	29,743	30,134	28,119	27,748	25,872	24,224	24,399	23,812	22,759	-4.4%
Dairy HIC1st - Under 2 years	16,139	15,395	16,607	16,146	16,188	16,907	16,755	16,111	16,031	17,551	17,913	2.1%
Beef HIC1st - 2 years and over	35,127	34,226	34,727	33,476	32,052	32,304	31,439	31,054	33,908	31,640	29,793	-5.8%
Beef HIC1st - Under 2 years	14,662	13,984	15,617	14,138	14,344	13,767	13,721	13,230	12,984	12,749	13,725	7.7%
Total HIC1st	95,951	91,087	96,694	93,894	90,703	90,726	87,787	84,619	87,322	85,752	84,190	*-1.8%*
Bulls for service
Bulls - 2 years and over	16,576	16,923	17,189	17,569	18,191	18,120	18,162	17,796	18,126	18,209	17,678	-2.9%
Bulls - Under 2 years	3,955	3,874	3,957	4,112	3,931	3,839	3,860	3,823	4,593	4,231	3,978	-6.0%
Total Bulls	20,531	20,797	21,146	21,681	22,122	21,959	22,022	21,619	22,719	22,440	21,656	*-3.5%*

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Table 3a. Number of cattle, 2002 to 2012

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