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Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015

Published: 12 June 2015
ISBN: 9781785443367

Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015 presenting an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.

Supporting documents

Table C8 Number of livestock for each United Kingdom country, June 2014

Number

	Scotland	England	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom
Cattle:
Dairy Cows⁽¹⁾	169,716	1,142,822	234,305	294,192	1,841,035
Other Female Dairy Cattle	104,570	563,211	122,532	156,600	946,913
Beef Cows⁽²⁾	436,526	710,282	167,799	254,870	1,569,477
Other Female Beef Cattle	276,743	638,428	129,523	198,424	1,243,118
Male Cattle	279,165	791,072	143,601	221,438	1,435,276
Calves	526,636	1,527,908	305,008	441,771	2,801,323
Total cattle⁽³⁾	1,793,356	5,373,723	1,102,768	1,567,295	9,837,142
Sheep:
Ewes for breeding	2,604,185	6,052,962	4,063,568	794,068	13,514,783
Rams for service	86,807	184,807	119,354	26,467	417,435
Other sheep one year old and over for breeding	631,185	1,061,677	701,941	116,527	2,511,330
Others⁽⁴⁾	99,935	153,932	93,972	15,942	363,781
Lambs	3,270,509	7,935,606	4,760,036	969,866	16,936,017
Total sheep	6,692,621	15,388,984	9,738,871	1,922,870	33,743,346
Pigs:
Female breeding herd: Total	30,228	329,379	3,582	42,826	406,015
Gilts 50kg and over for breeding	5,007	69,832	492	4,983	80,314
Boars for service	923	12,122	342	863	14,250
Barren Sows for fattening	610	:	237	570	:
Other pigs: 20kg and over⁽⁵⁾	190,926	2,513,277	18,507	:	:
Under 20kg	88,604	1,029,044	5,210	:	:
Total	279,530	3,542,321	23,717	467,833	4,313,401
Total pigs	316,298	3,953,654	28,370	517,075	4,815,397
Poultry:
Fowls in laying flock: Hens in 1st laying season	3,779,037	:	:	:	:
Moulted hens	45,284	:	:	:	:
Total	3,824,321	:	1,882,316	3,044,622	:
Pullets being reared for laying	1,885,032	:	218,608	916,282	:
Total fowls for laying	5,709,353	25,374,380	2,100,924	3,960,904	37,145,561
Fowls for breeding	1,112,122	7,297,476	434,867	2,413,662	11,258,127
Total laying and breeding fowls	6,821,475	32,671,856	2,535,791	6,374,566	48,403,688
Broilers/other table fowls	7,804,746	82,693,074	6,262,114	13,614,200	110,374,134
Other poultry⁽⁶⁾	115,875	10,179,047	199,295	412,362	10,906,579
Total poultry	14,742,096	125,543,977	8,997,200	20,401,128	169,684,401
Goats and kids	4,491	81,678	10,692	3,220	100,081
Deer	7,007	21,341	1,013	2,599	31,960
Horses:
Horses used in agriculture or horticulture	950	:	:	:	:
All other horses and ponies	36,043	:	:	:	:
Total horses	36,993	205,245	50,052	11,087	303,377
Camelids⁽⁷⁾:
Alpacas	1,306	7,583	:	:	:
Llamas	393	1,163	:	:	:
Other camelids	93	:	:	:	:
Total camelids	1,792	:	:	:	:
Beehives	4,421	:	:	:	:
Other livestock	427	6,238	:	:	:

(1) Female dairy cattle aged 2 years old and over with offspring.

(2) Female beef cattle aged 2 years old and over with offspring.

(3) In Scotland, England and Wales data is obtained from the Cattle Tracing System and in Northern Ireland data from the Animal and Public Health Information System is used.

(4) Includes draft and cast ewes, and wethers in England and Wales.

(5) Includes barren sows for fattening in England.

(6) Includes turkeys, ducks, geese and guinea fowl. Includes ostriches in England and Wales.

(7) Scotland figure includes estimate for holdings that have not returned a census form since camelid data was first collected in 2010. Camelid figures are not compatible with previous editions of ERSA.

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