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 C10(ii) Number of livestock by region and sub-region, June 2014                

           Number
 

North West

North East

South East

South East

South West

Total

Shetland

Orkney

Eileanan

an Iar

Highland

Total

Grampian

Total

Tayside

Fife

Lothian

Scottish

Borders

Total

East

Central

Argyll

& Bute

Clyde

Valley

Ayrshire

Dumfries &

Galloway

Scotland

Female Dairy Cattle

Female Dairy Cattle aged 1-2

1,251

c

590

c

619

2,729

2,729

4,812

964

1,535

685

1,628

47,018

1,736

2,061

7,214

11,133

24,874

55,810

Female Dairy Cattle 2 years and over with offspring

4,381

c

2,184

c

1,827

7,766

7,766

13,198

2,923

3,832

2,652

3,791

144,371

5,083

7,040

20,448

36,882

74,918

169,716

Female Dairy Cattle 2 years and over without offspring

941

c

518

c

342

1,611

1,611

3,438

653

1,219

816

750

42,770

1,340

2,057

6,765

11,874

20,734

48,760

Total Female Dairy Cattle

6,573

467

3,292

26

2,788

12,106

12,106

21,448

4,540

6,586

4,153

6,169

234,159

8,159

11,158

34,427

59,889

120,526

274,286

Female Beef Cattle

Female Beef Cattle aged 1-2

24,932

400

10,874

490

13,168

56,616

56,616

40,462

12,914

5,830

5,442

16,276

68,477

4,708

4,565

11,507

14,010

33,687

190,487

Female Beef Cattle 2 years and over with offspring

78,452

1,624

26,310

2,701

47,817

88,671

88,671

100,823

32,961

12,613

13,185

42,064

168,580

12,493

19,966

27,661

30,150

78,310

436,526

Female Beef Cattle 2 years and over without offspring

11,195

222

3,772

569

6,632

19,982

19,982

16,833

5,783

2,440

2,512

6,098

38,246

2,954

3,646

6,866

7,821

16,959

86,256

Total Female Beef Cattle

114,579

2,246

40,956

3,760

67,617

165,269

165,269

158,118

51,658

20,883

21,139

64,438

275,303

20,155

28,177

46,034

51,981

128,956

713,269

Male Cattle

Male Cattle aged 1-2

19,973

308

10,035

285

9,345

63,353

63,353

40,431

11,637

7,668

6,325

14,801

77,638

5,982

3,298

13,148

16,862

38,348

201,395

Male Cattle aged 2 and over

6,223

145

2,292

298

3,488

22,412

22,412

13,389

4,802

2,438

2,215

3,934

35,746

2,372

2,096

6,188

8,334

16,756

77,770

Total Male Cattle

26,196

453

12,327

583

12,833

85,765

85,765

53,820

16,439

10,106

8,540

18,735

113,384

8,354

5,394

19,336

25,196

55,104

279,165

Calves

Female Dairy Cattle under 1

1,174

c

452

c

636

2,736

2,736

4,991

1,006

1,609

690

1,686

48,153

1,835

2,181

6,988

11,627

25,522

57,054

Female Beef Cattle under 1

35,641

c

12,593

c

21,297

44,023

44,023

46,468

14,955

5,931

6,295

19,287

88,686

5,701

8,994

13,793

17,644

42,554

214,818

Male Cattle under 1

36,356

797

13,110

1,056

21,393

49,258

49,258

52,291

16,504

7,921

7,271

20,595

116,859

7,493

10,097

18,410

24,858

56,001

254,764

Total Calves

73,171

1,620

26,155

2,070

43,326

96,017

96,017

103,750

32,465

15,461

14,256

41,568

253,698

15,029

21,272

39,191

54,129

124,077

526,636

                                       

Total Cattle

220,519

4,786

82,730

6,439

126,564

359,157

359,157

337,136

105,102

53,036

48,088

130,910

876,544

51,697

66,001

138,988

191,195

428,663

1,793,356

Sheep:

Ewes for breeding

587,953

122,099

43,220

66,927

355,707

223,833

223,833

767,392

236,506

31,472

73,825

425,589

1,025,007

107,399

191,053

157,891

175,497

393,167

2,604,185

Other sheep one year old and over for breeding

143,234

28,820

9,229

15,831

89,354

51,510

51,510

195,630

62,281

5,422

18,035

109,892

240,811

26,112

46,495

39,120

38,991

90,093

631,185

Rams for service

20,863

3,905

1,730

2,928

12,300

7,878

7,878

24,233

7,420

1,026

2,613

13,174

33,833

3,507

6,648

5,519

5,481

12,678

86,807

Lambs

630,616

119,638

58,464

60,402

392,112

328,003

328,003

1,036,724

296,899

47,350

102,913

589,562

1,275,166

128,543

191,763

206,176

229,846

518,838

3,270,509

Other sheep not for breeding

34,699

6,683

3,488

8,124

16,404

9,579

9,579

21,582

9,382

1,441

3,377

7,382

34,075

1,911

5,803

15,646

3,592

7,123

99,935

Total sheep

1,417,365

281,145

116,131

154,212

865,877

620,803

620,803

2,045,561

612,488

86,711

200,763

1,145,599

2,608,892

267,472

441,762

424,352

453,407

1,021,899

6,692,621

Pigs:

Female breeding herd(1)

1,847

35

47

54

1,711

18,020

18,020

8,586

3,483

370

2,296

2,437

1,775

55

c

c

47

880

30,228

All other non-breeding pigs

17,912

133

318

179

17,282

163,422

163,422

91,819

34,923

4,115

25,574

27,207

12,917

289

c

c

295

6,745

286,070

Total pigs

19,759

168

365

233

18,993

181,442

181,442

100,405

38,406

4,485

27,870

29,644

14,692

344

c

c

342

7,625

316,298

Poultry:

Fowls for producing eggs

141,097

3,588

6,541

6,011

124,957

875,914

875,914

3,924,095

317,635

985,023

232,808

2,388,629

768,247

c

c

139,338

248,596

c

5,709,353

Fowls for breeding(2)

c

371

680

657

c

c

c

499,680

144,633

c

116,951

c

582,996

c

c

99,746

100,889

242,873

1,112,122

Broilers and other table fowls and other poultry

c

1,421

2,503

1,392

c

c

c

5,966,726

2,154,237

c

2,166,223

c

897,031

c

c

5,574

42,453

c

7,920,621

Total poultry

189,903

5,380

9,724

8,060

166,739

1,913,418

1,913,418

10,390,501

2,616,505

1,969,206

2,515,982

3,288,808

2,248,274

417,656

14,002

244,658

391,938

1,180,020

14,742,096

Goats and kids

1,017

58

203

74

682

978

978

1,047

472

188

157

230

1,449

73

127

200

667

382

4,491

Deer

1,548

0

c

0

c

1,708

1,708

1,751

833

543

c

c

2,000

c

462

c

67

866

7,007

Horses:

Horses used in agriculture or horticulture

162

34

11

28

89

121

121

349

72

157

29

91

318

41

14

73

77

113

950

All other horses and ponies

5,613

1,246

729

289

3,349

7,452

7,452

11,248

3,595

2,031

2,554

3,068

11,730

1,548

889

3,412

2,834

3,047

36,043

Total horses

5,775

1,280

740

317

3,438

7,573

7,573

11,597

3,667

2,188

2,583

3,159

12,048

1,589

903

3,485

2,911

3,160

36,993

Camelids(3)

313

c

c

c

192

389

389

415

173

52

123

67

675

c

192

135

c

207

1,792

Beehives

539

c

44

c

447

968

968

1,944

1,128

315

348

153

970

23

87

83

182

595

4,421

Other livestock

64

0

c

c

c

45

45

164

c

c

c

c

154

c

c

21

30

50

427

(1) Sows in pig, gilts in pig and other sows for breeding.

(2) Hens laying eggs to hatch layer and table chicks and cocks.

(3) 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.

c data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings.

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