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 6c: Farm business income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2013-14
| General Cropping |
Dairy |
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| Performance band |
Lower 25% |
Average |
Upper 25% |
Lower 25% |
Average |
Upper 25% |
| Number of farms in sample |
14 |
55 |
14 |
12 |
45 |
12 |
| Average size of business (SLR) |
2 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) |
123 |
171 |
184 |
173 |
151 |
202 |
| Area of cereals (hectares) |
72 |
97 |
112 |
11 |
8 |
12 |
| Area of potatoes (hectares) |
9 |
16 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Area of oilseed rape (hectares) |
5 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Area of other crops (hectares) |
11 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Area of fodder |
2 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
13 |
| Area of grass |
24 |
34 |
30 |
140 |
123 |
161 |
| Number of ewes |
68 |
39 |
24 |
21 |
20 |
11 |
| Number of suckler cows |
11 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Number of dairy cows |
0 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
165 |
240 |
| Output yield per dairy cow (ltrs) |
6,017 |
7,021 |
7,549 |
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| Revenue value pence per litre |
30.75 |
31.16 |
32.31 |
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| Number of other cattle |
27 |
32 |
15 |
184 |
209 |
291 |
| Headcount of unpaid workers |
1.7 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
| Number of unpaid workers (FTE) |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
| Average output £ per farm |
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| Total crop output |
98,372 |
172,972 |
225,534 |
11,153 |
10,821 |
19,740 |
| Total livestock output |
23,957 |
27,423 |
30,850 |
330,424 |
449,340 |
712,548 |
| Miscellaneous output |
9,162 |
22,865 |
135,189 |
5,387 |
10,468 |
8,248 |
| Total average output |
131,491 |
223,260 |
391,574 |
346,964 |
470,628 |
740,535 |
| Subsidy and Payments |
27,675 |
37,097 |
33,140 |
38,503 |
43,978 |
73,435 |
| Average inputs - £ per farm |
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| Crop expenses |
45,676 |
67,672 |
81,408 |
28,962 |
34,595 |
52,346 |
| Livestock expenses |
15,450 |
14,917 |
20,309 |
171,662 |
210,694 |
307,665 |
| Other fixed costs |
110,983 |
147,927 |
232,508 |
193,371 |
190,843 |
250,496 |
| Total average inputs |
172,109 |
230,516 |
334,225 |
393,995 |
436,132 |
610,507 |
| Diversification Margin |
4,686 |
6,375 |
4,603 |
2,406 |
1,176 |
1,842 |
| of which: Diversification Output |
11,963 |
17,083 |
7,264 |
6,886 |
4,593 |
3,107 |
| Diversification Input |
7,277 |
10,708 |
2,661 |
4,480 |
3,417 |
1,265 |
| FARM BUSINESS INCOME (FBI) |
-8,258 |
36,216 |
95,091 |
-6,122 |
79,651 |
205,306 |
| FBI per unpaid worker (FTE) |
-6,554 |
26,243 |
49,016 |
-3,756 |
38,854 |
82,785 |
| Output:Input ratio (including subsidies) |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
| Output:Input ratio (excluding subsidies) |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
| Off farm income (OFI) |
14,717 |
11,968 |
6,191 |
6,293 |
4,899 |
3,296 |
| OFI per unpaid worker (FTE) |
11,680 |
8,673 |
3,191 |
3,861 |
2,390 |
1,329 |
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