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Publication - Statistics

Scottish farm business income: annual estimates 2015-2016

Published
27 April 2017
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural
ISBN
9781786529350

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.

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Table 11: Trends in Net Farm Income (2015-16 prices) by farm type (1)

Specialist sheep ( LFA) Specialist cattle ( LFA) Cattle and sheep ( LFA) Cereals General cropping Dairy Lowland cattle and sheep Mixed All types
1991-92 13,111 11,583 17,093 10,037 17,595 37,048 15,364 12,162 16,182
1992-93 17,808 16,233 20,796 28,117 26,683 45,408 24,769 24,455 24,563
1993-94 18,628 18,312 23,061 23,444 30,188 50,280 25,373 27,979 26,660
1994-95 16,063 16,034 18,608 27,733 88,269 42,586 20,023 21,614 31,157
1995-06 18,388 18,626 21,644 37,590 60,696 51,684 16,849 31,471 32,763
1996-97 19,343 24,375 27,179 39,569 29,783 44,882 5,753 24,761 29,181
1997-98 10,451 10,804 8,956 8,046 2,125 19,064 5,407 -4,754 7,820
1998-99 3,418 7,008 7,540 5,871 23,359 8,119 -2,538 -2,911 7,167
1999-00 -2,034 7,059 2,980 6,920 314 2,371 3,513 6,433 3,947
2000-01 3,869 8,889 8,060 5,377 6,856 18,668 2,586 8,924 8,162
2001-02 142 17,832 15,727 92 8,856 43,268 22,253 14,206 13,958
2002-03 11,485 26,893 18,150 628 -1,769 11,364 25,130 11,867 13,489
2003-04 12,406 26,438 27,382 21,589 32,136 28,841 25,538 28,417 25,208
2004-05 10,681 22,766 21,941 1,805 8,471 32,610 16,844 18,001 17,099
2005-06 5,728 15,136 14,064 3,673 9,856 25,658 11,784 17,298 13,013
2006-07 2,257 16,491 14,798 24,242 50,293 38,155 28,055 24,271 23,113
2007-08 13,958 19,127 21,528 58,047 72,554 60,962 18,263 29,650 35,664
2008-09 10,103 21,265 22,711 29,946 49,944 71,120 21,283 36,044 31,594
2009-10 21,072 34,734 30,496 -913 2,817 49,587 24,040 20,179 22,885
2010-11 18,251 29,570 33,582 40,528 62,500 68,403 31,847 44,155 38,369
2011-12 21,489 36,139 33,616 47,197 37,277 80,439 23,920 39,951 37,458
2012-13 17,569 20,276 14,601 9,573 40,073 41,514 10,166 22,528 22,256
2013-14 17,617 17,416 20,435 9,340 14,777 80,000 15,883 18,101 20,745
2014-15 9,296 18,085 20,734 -1,519 7,778 71,220 17,616 1,107 14,980
2015-16 988 14,778 12,980 -14,431 9,253 2,120 2,175 -9,779 2,987

(1) Farm Classification groupings were revised in 1993 and re-calculated retrospectively.

1991/92 figures are the first available with the current grouping.

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Email: agric.stats@gov.scot

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