Scottish farm business income: annual estimates 2013-2014
This publication contains farm business level estimates of average incomes for the accounting year 2013-14, relating to the 2013 crop year. For the most recent data, visit the Scottish farm business income (FBI) collection page below.
Table 4b: Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and Farm Business Income by type of farm: 2013-14
| Type of farm |
General Cropping |
Dairy |
Lowland Cattle and Sheep |
Mixed |
All Farm Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of farms in sample |
55 |
45 |
27 |
71 |
495 |
| Average size of business (SLR) |
3 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) |
171 |
151 |
133 |
199 |
307 |
| Area of cereals (hectares) |
97 |
8 |
18 |
81 |
41 |
| Area of potatoes (hectares) |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Area of oilseed rape (hectares) |
8 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
| Area of other crops (hectares) |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Area of fodder |
2 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Area of grass |
34 |
123 |
99 |
83 |
82 |
| Number of ewes |
39 |
20 |
208 |
98 |
234 |
| Number of suckler cows |
10 |
0 |
53 |
45 |
38 |
| Number of dairy cows |
0 |
165 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
| Output yield per dairy cow (ltrs) |
7,021 |
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| Revenue value pence per litre |
31.16 |
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| Number of other cattle |
32 |
209 |
151 |
132 |
89 |
| Headcount of unpaid workers |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
| Number of unpaid workers (FTE) |
1.4 |
2.1 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
| Average output £ per farm |
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| Total crop output |
172,972 |
10,821 |
17,321 |
91,832 |
55,303 |
| Total livestock output |
27,423 |
449,340 |
114,106 |
111,983 |
97,634 |
| Miscellaneous output |
22,865 |
10,468 |
7,591 |
15,747 |
15,941 |
| Total average output |
223,260 |
470,628 |
139,017 |
219,562 |
168,878 |
| Subsidy and Payments |
37,097 |
43,978 |
41,834 |
52,661 |
46,411 |
| Average inputs - £ per farm |
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| Crop expenses |
67,672 |
34,595 |
22,265 |
54,622 |
33,722 |
| Livestock expenses |
14,917 |
210,694 |
56,182 |
52,234 |
48,348 |
| Other fixed costs |
147,927 |
190,843 |
78,323 |
138,576 |
105,716 |
| Total average inputs |
230,516 |
436,132 |
156,769 |
245,433 |
187,786 |
| Diversification Margin |
6,375 |
1,176 |
99 |
3,113 |
3,031 |
| of which: Diversification Output |
17,083 |
4,593 |
2,786 |
5,695 |
6,981 |
| Diversification Input |
10,708 |
3,417 |
2,687 |
2,582 |
3,950 |
| FARM BUSINESS INCOME (FBI) |
36,216 |
79,651 |
24,181 |
29,903 |
30,534 |
| FBI per unpaid worker (FTE) |
26,243 |
38,854 |
16,677 |
17,694 |
20,631 |
| Output:Input ratio (including subsidies) |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
| Output:Input ratio (excluding subsidies) |
1.0 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
| Off farm income (OFI) |
11,968 |
4,899 |
9,876 |
11,646 |
9,887 |
| OFI per unpaid worker (FTE) |
8,673 |
2,390 |
6,811 |
6,891 |
6,680 |
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