Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

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Specialist Beef ( LFA)

FBI increased by £11,412 (42 per cent) from £26,923 in 2008/09 to£38,335 in 2009/10. This was due to the increase in outputs of £12,587 (17 per cent) and the increase in grant and subsidies of £4,092 (8 per cent) outweighing the increase in inputs of £4,782 (5 per cent).

Cattle output increased by £7,707 (14 per cent) from £53,539 in 2008/09 to £61,245 in 2009/10, while the corresponding sheep output increased by £3,157 (26 per cent) from £12,288 to £15,445. These increases reflect the firmer prices for store and finished cattle and sheep in 2009/10 compared to 2008/09, as the average number of cattle and sheep for farms in the sample was lower in 2009/10. Total crop output increased from £3,756 in 2008/09 to £4,843 in 2009/10, driven by an increase in the output of Other Crops, such as oilseed rape and fodder crops.

On average, grants and subsidy payments increased by £4,092 (8 per cent) from £48,937 in 2008/09 to £53,029 in 2009/10. As with the other farm types, this was due to an increase of £3,842 (10 per cent) in Single Farm Payment caused mainly by the favourable exchange rate in September 2009.

The rise in input costs were caused mainly by increases in the cost of fertilisers and machinery depreciation. The average costs on fertiliser increased by £2,208 (24 per cent) from £9,335 in 2008/09 to £11,543 in 2009/10, reflecting the increase in the price of fertilisers over this time period. Machinery depreciation increased by £2,132 (19 per cent) to £13,165 in 2009/10 reflecting the increased value of assets.

Income from diversified activities decreased by £486 (20 per cent) from £2,459 in 2008/09 to £1,973 in 2009/10.

Chart B4(c): Selected outputs and inputs, Specialist Beef ( LFA)

Chart B4(c): Selected outputs and inputs, Specialist Beef (LFA)

Table B4(c): Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and Farm Business Income by type of farm

Type of farm: Specialist Beef ( LFA)

Small

Medium

Large

All Sizes

Number of farms in sample

54

55

25

25

27

34

106

114

2008-09

2009-10

2008-09

2009-10

2008-09

2009-10

2008-09

2009-10

Average size of business ( SLR)

1.3

1.2

2.5

2.4

4.2

4.2

2.2

2.1

Average size of farm (hectares)

99

99

230

208

387

393

192

190

Area of Cereals (hectares)

5

5

6

7

8

10

6

6

Number of ewes

72

69

175

151

401

385

171

161

Number of suckler cows

56

55

99

98

145

140

85

835

Number of other cattle

87

83

158

161

234

234

135

133

Average output £ per farm

Crops: Cereals

2,443

1,920

2,546

3,199

3,507

4,568

2,724

2,789

Potatoes

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other crops

1,109

1,868

1,670

2,157

427

2,428

1,032

2,055

Total crop output

3,552

3,789

4,216

5,356

3,934

6,997

3,756

4,843

Livestock: Cattle

32,867

39,366

62,351

70,609

96,597

106,751

53,539

61,245

Sheep

4,926

6,259

13,113

15,195

29,153

37,326

12,288

15,445

Pigs

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Poultry

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Milk

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other livestock

-7

-6

8

-52

-18

-15

-7

-16

Total livestock output

37,786

45,618

75,473

85,752

125,732

144,062

65,820

76,674

Miscellaneous

3,682

5,312

14,097

12,352

4,502

4,386

5,597

6,243

Total Output

45,021

54,719

93,785

103,459

134,168

155,444

75,174

87,760

Subsidy and Payments

28,386

31,924

53,327

57,228

94,633

100,132

48,937

53,029

(of which LFASS)

(4,650)

(4,844)

(9,501)

(8,776)

(14,788)

(15,765)

(7,965)

(8,204)

(of which SFP)

(21,393)

(24,683)

(39,609)

(45,475)

(74,156)

(77,935)

(37,490)

(41,331)

Average inputs - £ per farm

Feed

10,818

11,512

27,314

24,052

42,136

39,045

21,307

20,415

(of which home produced)

(1997)

(1619)

(2,012)

(2,043)

(3,858)

(3,399)

(2,462)

(2,131)

Other livestock expenses

5,672

6,227

10,954

11,790

20,317

20,045

10,177

10,574

Seeds

795

670

1,041

1,112

2,109

1,745

1,162

1,010

(of which home grown)

(25)

(32)

(58)

(0)

(0)

(16)

(24)

(23)

Fertilisers

5,651

7,099

10,509

14,639

17,272

19,995

9,335

11,543

Other crop expenses

1,482

1,602

3,155

3,300

2,010

2,765

1,888

2,171

Labour

2,073

1,338

6,680

6,706

12,399

13,027

5,394

5,125

Machinery costs and fuel

10,361

10,628

17,790

19,062

24,127

25,377

15,001

15,680

Machinery depreciation

7,942

9,630

12,826

15,654

17,154

19,868

11,033

13,165

Land and building costs

8,837

8,948

13,026

13,119

20,990

24,468

12,544

13,489

Miscellaneous

8,510

8,238

14,829

13,219

17,606

17,091

11,807

11,257

Total average inputs

62,141

65,891

118,122

122,653

176,120

183,426

99,647

104,428

Diversification Margin

3,825

3,215

1,575

1,283

-187

-503

2,459

1,973

of which: Diversification Output

13,971

16,841

2,051

2,206

1,717

2,589

8,969

10,890

Diversification Input

10,146

13,626

476

923

1,903

3,092

6,510

8,917

FARM BUSINESS INCOME

15,091

23,966

30,565

39,318

52,494

71,647

26,923

38,335

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