Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015
Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015 presenting an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.
Table C3 Agricultural area by Less Favoured Area Category, June 2014
| LFA(1) |
Non-LFA |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of holdings |
36,112 |
16,165 |
52,277 |
| Crops, fallow and set-aside: |
hectares |
hectares |
hectares |
| Wheat |
8,871 |
100,152 |
109,023 |
| Triticale |
187 |
332 |
519 |
| Barley: Winter |
7,090 |
45,417 |
52,507 |
| Spring |
72,002 |
202,375 |
274,377 |
| Total |
79,092 |
247,792 |
326,884 |
| Oats (including mixed grain) |
6,668 |
19,029 |
25,697 |
| Rape for oilseed (including linseed) |
2,207 |
34,934 |
37,140 |
| Potatoes |
2,267 |
26,243 |
28,511 |
| Peas for combining |
36 |
580 |
616 |
| Beans for combining |
236 |
2,529 |
2,765 |
| Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding |
2,340 |
2,220 |
4,561 |
| Other crops for stockfeeding(2) |
10,248 |
3,765 |
14,013 |
| Vegetables for human consumption |
890 |
15,373 |
16,262 |
| Orchard and soft fruit |
67 |
690 |
757 |
| Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock |
288 |
988 |
1,276 |
| All other crops |
3,702 |
5,383 |
9,085 |
| Fallow land: 5 years or less |
2,127 |
5,320 |
7,447 |
| more than 5 years |
3,146 |
1,316 |
4,463 |
| Total crops and fallow |
122,372 |
466,646 |
589,018 |
| Grass: |
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| Under 5 years |
276,456 |
149,286 |
425,742 |
| 5 years and over |
759,501 |
122,886 |
882,387 |
| Total grass |
1,035,957 |
272,173 |
1,308,129 |
| Total crops, fallow and grass |
1,158,329 |
738,818 |
1,897,147 |
| Rough grazing: |
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| Sole right grazing |
3,023,066 |
33,789 |
3,056,855 |
| Common grazing |
584,263 |
0 |
584,263 |
| Total rough grazing |
3,607,329 |
33,789 |
3,641,118 |
| Total crops, fallow, grass and rough grazing (UAA)(3) |
4,765,658 |
772,607 |
5,538,265 |
| Woodland |
415,155 |
64,204 |
479,359 |
| Other land |
147,335 |
15,271 |
162,607 |
| Total agricultural area |
5,328,149 |
852,082 |
6,180,231 |
(1) A holding is classified as LFA if 50% or more of its land is assessed as being disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged for subsidy purposes.
(2) Includes lupins and maize.
(3) Utilised agricultural area (UAA) excludes woodland and other land such as yards and derelict land etc.
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