Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition
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Farm Business Income, Output and Subsidy & Payments
Table B3 and Chart B3 show how farm subsidy and payments relate to FBI and total output.
Table B3: Farm Business Income and Subsidy & Payments, by farm type
Farm Type |
2008/09 |
2009/10 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farm Business Income |
Subsidy & Payments |
Subsidy & Payments as % of Output |
Subsidy & Payments as % of FBI |
Farm Business Income |
Subsidy & Payments |
Subsidy & Payments as % of Output |
Subsidy & Payments as % of FBI |
|
£/farm |
£/farm |
% |
% |
£/farm |
£/farm |
% |
% |
|
Specialist Sheep ( LFA) |
16,268 |
29,911 |
45% |
184% |
29,907 |
37,737 |
43% |
126% |
Specialist Beef ( LFA) |
26,923 |
48,937 |
39% |
182% |
38,335 |
53,029 |
38% |
138% |
Cattle and Sheep ( LFA) |
27,896 |
58,189 |
39% |
209% |
44,390 |
66,207 |
40% |
149% |
Cereals |
41,817 |
39,826 |
21% |
95% |
16,690 |
43,516 |
25% |
261% |
General Cropping |
60,862 |
40,485 |
14% |
67% |
18,332 |
47,490 |
18% |
259% |
Dairy |
78,446 |
36,123 |
10% |
46% |
58,746 |
43,081 |
13% |
73% |
Lowland Cattle and Sheep |
23,969 |
36,306 |
29% |
151% |
30,294 |
42,684 |
32% |
141% |
Mixed |
45,317 |
50,108 |
27% |
111% |
40,185 |
52,271 |
28% |
130% |
All |
39,271 |
43,783 |
24% |
111% |
34,365 |
49,200 |
27% |
143% |
Chart B3: FBI and, Subsidies and Payments, 2009/10
In 2009/10, overall subsidy and payments averaged £49,200 per farm, an increase of 12 per cent from £43,738 in 2008/09. This increase was due mainly to the favourable exchange rate in September 2009 compared to September 2008, when a large amount of subsidies are converted from euros into pounds. The subsidy and payments ranged from £37,737 for Specialist Sheep ( LFA) to £66,207 for Cattle and Sheep ( LFA) farms.
Overall, the level of subsidy and payments as a percentage of output increased from 24 per cent in 2008/09 to 27 per cent in 2009/10. In 2009/10, this ranged by farm type from 13 per cent for Dairy farms to 43 per cent for Specialist Sheep ( LFA) farms.
As a percentage of FBI, overall subsidy and payments were 143 per cent in 2009/10, compared to 111 per cent in 2008/09. Subsidy and payments were higher than FBI for all farm types, with the exception of Dairy farms. In other words, without subsidy and payments the average income for 7 out of the 8 farm types would have been negative. As a percentage of FBI, subsidy and payments were highest for Cereal farms (261 per cent) and General Cropping farms (259 per cent). Dairy farms were the only farm type where subsidy and payments were lower than FBI (73 per cent).
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