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 6d: Farm business income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2013-14
| Lowland Cattle and Sheep |
Mixed |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance band |
Lower 25% |
Average |
Upper 25% |
Lower 25% |
Average |
Upper 25% |
| Number of farms in sample |
7 |
27 |
7 |
18 |
71 |
18 |
| Average size of business (SLR) |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) |
102 |
133 |
168 |
244 |
199 |
182 |
| Area of cereals (hectares) |
11 |
18 |
39 |
76 |
81 |
96 |
| Area of potatoes (hectares) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Area of oilseed rape (hectares) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
| Area of other crops (hectares) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
| Area of fodder |
2 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
| Area of grass |
71 |
99 |
113 |
93 |
83 |
70 |
| Number of ewes |
245 |
208 |
227 |
188 |
98 |
51 |
| Number of suckler cows |
49 |
53 |
32 |
48 |
45 |
38 |
| Number of dairy cows |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
| Number of other cattle |
89 |
151 |
278 |
107 |
132 |
167 |
| Headcount of unpaid workers |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
| Number of unpaid workers (FTE) |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
| Average output £ per farm |
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| Total crop output |
8,982 |
17,321 |
50,755 |
88,142 |
91,832 |
109,456 |
| Total livestock output |
53,492 |
114,106 |
162,193 |
92,053 |
111,983 |
148,764 |
| Miscellaneous output |
2,296 |
7,591 |
67,066 |
16,793 |
15,747 |
18,904 |
| Total average output |
64,770 |
139,017 |
280,013 |
196,989 |
219,562 |
277,124 |
| Subsidy and Payments |
31,849 |
41,834 |
56,864 |
54,009 |
52,661 |
56,295 |
| Average inputs - £ per farm |
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| Crop expenses |
14,324 |
22,265 |
40,834 |
59,374 |
54,622 |
60,412 |
| Livestock expenses |
36,483 |
56,182 |
86,498 |
49,638 |
52,234 |
59,544 |
| Other fixed costs |
58,438 |
78,323 |
133,527 |
156,530 |
138,576 |
138,724 |
| Total average inputs |
109,245 |
156,769 |
260,859 |
265,542 |
245,433 |
258,681 |
| Diversification Margin |
-1,308 |
99 |
-115 |
1,753 |
3,113 |
4,547 |
| of which: Diversification Output |
4,508 |
2,786 |
141 |
4,532 |
5,695 |
7,299 |
| Diversification Input |
5,816 |
2,687 |
256 |
2,780 |
2,582 |
2,751 |
| FARM BUSINESS INCOME (FBI) |
-13,934 |
24,181 |
75,904 |
-12,792 |
29,903 |
79,286 |
| FBI per unpaid worker (FTE) |
-9,228 |
16,677 |
38,726 |
-8,200 |
17,694 |
41,081 |
| Output:Input ratio (including subsidies) |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
| Output:Input ratio (excluding subsidies) |
0.6 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
| Off farm income (OFI) |
13,211 |
9,876 |
1,920 |
15,652 |
11,646 |
5,080 |
| OFI per unpaid worker (FTE) |
8,749 |
6,811 |
980 |
10,034 |
6,891 |
2,632 |
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