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Agriculture facts and figures: 2017
An electronic copy of the pocket-sized leaflet providing a range of agriculture statistics.
Scottish agriculture in 2016
| Non- LFA | LFA | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of holdings | 15,913 | 35,983 | 51,896 |
| Agricultural land: | hectares | hectares | hectares |
| Wheat | 100,088 | 9,506 | 109,594 |
| Barley | 219,177 | 67,753 | 286,930 |
| Oats | 23,788 | 7,423 | 31,210 |
| Oilseeds | 29,267 | 1,464 | 30,731 |
| Potatoes | 25,475 | 2,051 | 27,525 |
| Other crops | 50,063 | 26,036 | 76,099 |
| Fruit and vegetables | 19,183 | 970 | 20,154 |
| Total grass | 281,761 | 1,046,174 | 1,327,934 |
| Rough grazing | 37,781 | 3,046,799 | 3,084,581 |
| Other land | 86,077 | 571,317 | 657,394 |
| Total agricultural land (1) | 872,659 | 4,779,493 | 5,652,152 |
| Livestock: | number | number | number |
| Dairy cows (2) | 55,392 | 119,802 | 175,194 |
| Beef cows (3) | 89,250 | 347,390 | 436,640 |
| Total cattle and calves | 512,130 | 1,292,099 | 1,804,229 |
| Breeding ewes | 253,839 | 2,364,502 | 2,618,341 |
| Total sheep and lambs | 739,612 | 6,086,504 | 6,826,116 |
| Pigs | 274,470 | 55,736 | 330,206 |
| Poultry | 10,861,687 | 3,253,061 | 14,114,748 |
Many holdings have both LFA and non- LFA land. Holdings have been allocated based on their larger share, with all that holding's land and livestock included in that category thereafter.
(1) Includes rough grazing, woodland, and other land, but excludes common grazing
(2) Dairy cows refer to female dairy cattle over the age of 2, with offspring
(3) Beef cows refer to female beef cattle over the age of 2, with offspring
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