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Scottish farm business income: annual estimates 2015-2016
Farm business level estimates of average incomes for the accounting year 2015 to 2016, which relates to the 2015 crop year. For the most recent data, visit the Scottish farm business income (FBI) collection page below.
Table 6a: Farm Business Income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2015-16
| Type of farm | Specialist Sheep ( LFA) | Specialist Cattle ( LFA) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance band | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% |
| Number of farms in sample | 12 | 48 | 12 | 31 | 124 | 31 |
| Average size of business ( SLR) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) | 618 | 717 | 627 | 145 | 188 | 197 |
| Area of cereals (hectares) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| Area of potatoes (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Area of oilseed rape (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Area of other crops (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Area of fodder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Area of grass | 68 | 73 | 114 | 113 | 119 | 119 |
| Number of ewes | 590 | 589 | 732 | 111 | 162 | 189 |
| Number of suckler cows | 4 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 88 | 107 |
| Number of dairy cows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Output yield per dairy cow (ltrs) | ||||||
| Revenue value pence per litre | ||||||
| Number of other cattle | 5 | 11 | 16 | 137 | 145 | 155 |
| Headcount of unpaid workers | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Number of unpaid workers ( FTE) | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Average output £ per farm | ||||||
| Total crop output | 327 | 1,041 | 1,260 | 9,760 | 7,473 | 5,966 |
| Total livestock output | 27,400 | 38,370 | 61,838 | 80,950 | 108,567 | 135,992 |
| Miscellaneous output | 7,027 | 6,407 | 9,551 | 9,193 | 7,922 | 18,760 |
| Total average output | 34,754 | 45,817 | 72,650 | 99,903 | 123,962 | 160,717 |
| Subsidy and Payments | 31,803 | 36,001 | 48,831 | 38,331 | 45,636 | 50,386 |
| Average inputs - £ per farm | ||||||
| Crop expenses | 4,537 | 3,683 | 4,612 | 19,743 | 19,413 | 20,709 |
| Livestock expenses | 22,483 | 21,738 | 27,242 | 47,619 | 46,369 | 47,822 |
| Other fixed costs | 68,046 | 49,996 | 52,037 | 91,073 | 83,323 | 90,236 |
| Total average inputs | 95,065 | 75,418 | 83,891 | 158,435 | 149,104 | 158,768 |
| Diversification Margin | 13 | 961 | 5,156 | 481 | 1,988 | 12,645 |
| of which: Diversification Output | 3,873 | 2,979 | 7,093 | 2,508 | 5,865 | 31,435 |
| Diversification Input | 3,860 | 2,017 | 1,937 | 2,027 | 3,877 | 18,790 |
| Farm Business Income ( FBI) | -28,496 | 7,362 | 42,745 | -19,720 | 22,482 | 64,981 |
| FBI per unpaid worker ( FTE) | -22,262 | 5,985 | 27,938 | -14,394 | 15,612 | 48,493 |
| Output:Input ratio (including subsidies) | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Output:Input ratio (excluding subsidies) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Off farm income ( OFI) | 28,811 | 14,872 | 2,765 | 11,820 | 10,744 | 8,807 |
| OFI per unpaid worker ( FTE) | 22,508 | 12,091 | 1,807 | 8,628 | 7,461 | 6,572 |
Full-Time equivalent ( FTE) is 1,900 hours.
Off farm Income is only collected for farmers and their spouse as the midpoint of the range in which their income falls.
Contact
Email: agric.stats@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
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