Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition
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Specialist Sheep ( LFA)
FBI increased by £13,639 (84 per cent) from £16,268 in 2008/09 to £29,907 in 2009/10. This was due to increases in outputs of £13,926, subsidies and payments of £7,826 and income from diversified activity of £1,792. These outweighed the increase in input costs of £9,905. It should be noted that the average size of Specialist Sheep farms in the sample increased by 117 hectares (23 per cent) which will impact on the trends between years.
In 2009/10, sheep output on Specialist Sheep ( LFA) farms increased by £8,004 (37 per cent) from £21,831 in 2008/09 to £29,835 in 2009/10. This reflects the strong prices for store and finished sheep as the average number of ewes increased by 2 per cent.
The average value of grants and subsidies increased by £7,826 (26 per cent) from £29,911 in 2008/09 to £37,737 in 2009/10. This increase was mainly due to a £6,935 increase in Single Farm Payment, due to the favourable exchange rate in September 2009. LFASS payments also saw an increase of £1,036 (16 per cent) which is partly due to the larger average farm size in the sample in 2009/10.
The increase in input costs was caused primarily by increases in the average land and building costs, machinery and fuel and machinery depreciation. Land and Building Costs increased by £2,385 (29 per cent) to £10,533. Machinery costs and fuel increased by £1,988 (24 per cent) to £10,210 and Machinery Depreciation increased by £1,770 (27 per cent) to £8,243.
Income from diversified activity increased from £4,190 in 2008/09 to £5,982 in 2009/10. This increase is due to both an increase in the number of Specialist Sheep farms recording diversified activity and also an increase in the average income from these activities. Further details are provided later in a separate section on diversification.
Chart B4(b): Selected outputs and inputs, Specialist Sheep ( LFA)
Table B4(b): Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and Farm Business Income by type of farm: Specialist Sheep ( LFA) 1
Type of farm: Specialist Sheep ( LFA) 1 |
Small |
Medium |
Large |
All Sizes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of farms in sample |
5 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
28 |
30 |
37 |
41 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
|
Average size of business ( SLR) |
1.3 |
" |
" |
2.4 |
4.9 |
5.4 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
Average size of farm (hectares) |
175 |
" |
" |
487 |
1,303 |
1,793 |
507 |
624 |
Number of ewes |
269 |
" |
" |
573 |
1,034 |
1,078 |
525 |
537 |
Number of suckler cows |
2 |
" |
" |
0 |
14 |
15 |
5 |
5 |
Number of other cattle |
10 |
" |
" |
13 |
21 |
22 |
12 |
10 |
Average output £ per farm |
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Crops: Cereals |
0 |
" |
" |
0 |
29 |
242 |
8 |
70 |
Potatoes |
0 |
" |
" |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other crops |
614 |
" |
" |
1,015 |
440 |
1,011 |
571 |
1,888 |
Total crop output |
614 |
" |
" |
1,015 |
469 |
1,253 |
579 |
1,957 |
Livestock: Cattle |
3,040 |
" |
" |
2,463 |
5,852 |
6,842 |
3,480 |
4,370 |
Sheep |
17,078 |
" |
" |
23,998 |
32,563 |
45,256 |
21,831 |
29,835 |
Pigs |
0 |
" |
" |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Poultry |
0 |
" |
" |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Milk |
0 |
" |
" |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other livestock |
20 |
" |
" |
-100 |
-164 |
-156 |
-34 |
-57 |
Total livestock output |
20,139 |
" |
" |
26,361 |
38,251 |
51,941 |
25,277 |
34,149 |
Miscellaneous |
16,725 |
" |
" |
1,328 |
2,925 |
3,392 |
11,048 |
14,724 |
Total Output |
37,477 |
" |
" |
28,704 |
41,645 |
56,586 |
36,904 |
50,830 |
Subsidy and Payments |
19,045 |
" |
" |
33,722 |
55,039 |
69,911 |
29,911 |
37,737 |
(of which LFASS) |
(2,788) |
" |
" |
(7,261) |
(14,295) |
(17,367) |
(6,379) |
(7,415) |
(of which SFP) |
(12,896) |
" |
" |
(21,462) |
(33,258) |
(45,355) |
(18,957) |
(25,892) |
Average inputs - £ per farm |
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Feed |
8,981 |
" |
" |
5,682 |
14,473 |
17,051 |
10,044 |
10,585 |
(of which home produced) |
(0) |
" |
" |
(00) |
(41) |
(104) |
(11) |
(30) |
Other livestock expenses |
4,573 |
" |
" |
7,170 |
10,308 |
12,266 |
6,416 |
7,827 |
Seeds |
55 |
" |
" |
89 |
222 |
486 |
128 |
150 |
(of which home grown) |
(0) |
" |
" |
(0) |
(0) |
(0) |
(0) |
(0) |
Fertilisers |
1,528 |
" |
" |
1,537 |
2,291 |
3,092 |
1,819 |
3,441 |
Other crop expenses |
153 |
" |
" |
303 |
366 |
605 |
212 |
521 |
Labour |
580 |
" |
" |
2,080 |
11,994 |
10,702 |
3,869 |
3,324 |
Machinery costs and fuel |
7,245 |
" |
" |
7,365 |
10,672 |
13,234 |
8,223 |
10,210 |
Machinery depreciation |
6,365 |
" |
" |
7,115 |
6,893 |
9,472 |
6,473 |
8,243 |
Land and building costs |
7,792 |
" |
" |
5,550 |
10,457 |
14,046 |
8,148 |
10,533 |
Miscellaneous |
9,228 |
" |
" |
6,559 |
11,116 |
11,716 |
9,406 |
9,807 |
Total average inputs |
46,499 |
" |
" |
43,450 |
78,792 |
92,671 |
54,738 |
64,643 |
Diversification Margin |
4,589 |
" |
" |
724 |
5,277 |
5,823 |
4,190 |
5,982 |
of which: Diversification Output |
5,954 |
" |
" |
778 |
6,484 |
7,051 |
5,431 |
6,811 |
Diversification Input |
1,365 |
" |
" |
54 |
1,207 |
1,228 |
1,241 |
828 |
FARM BUSINESS INCOME |
14,612 |
" |
" |
19,700 |
23,170 |
39,649 |
16,268 |
29,907 |
(1) *denotes averages based on less than 5 farms that have been suppressed to avoid disclosure.
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