Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition
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Table C2 Crops, grass and rough grazings for each United Kingdom country, June 2010
Scotland |
England |
Wales |
Northern Ireland |
United Kingdom |
|
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Number of holdings (1) |
52,279 |
105,450 |
40,618 |
24,471 |
222,818 |
Crops, fallow and set-aside: |
hectares |
hectares |
hectares |
hectares |
hectares |
Wheat |
111,436 |
1,791,900 |
24,347 |
10,895 |
1,938,578 |
Triticale |
687 |
14,907 |
nc |
40 |
na |
Barley: Winter |
48,010 |
320,475 |
7,279 |
6,767 |
382,531 |
Spring |
242,364 |
265,551 |
13,158 |
17,558 |
538,631 |
Total |
290,374 |
586,026 |
20,437 |
24,325 |
921,162 |
Oats (including mixed grain) (2) |
23,893 |
103,965 |
7,418 |
2,580 |
137,856 |
Rape for oilseed (including flax (3) and linseed) |
36,107 |
643,408 |
5,439 |
446 |
685,400 |
Potatoes |
31,377 |
99,939 |
2,056 |
4,938 |
138,310 |
Peas for combining |
1,668 |
39,875 |
nc |
nc |
41,543 |
Beans for combining |
5,264 |
161,124 |
nc |
nc |
166,388 |
Maize |
2,235 |
145,827 |
12,995 |
2,871 |
163,928 |
Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding |
5,511 |
19,993 |
nc |
406 |
25,910 |
Other crops for stockfeeding (4) |
15,288 |
16,790 |
nc |
4,520 |
36,598 |
Vegetables for human consumption |
16,456 |
103,046 |
394 |
1,244 |
121,140 |
Orchard and soft fruit |
1,962 |
30,189 |
634 |
1,539 |
34,324 |
Bulbs, other flowers and nursery stock |
1,018 |
10,366 |
235 |
99 |
11,718 |
All other crops |
6,895 |
150,488 |
11,708 |
1,555 |
170,647 |
Fallow land |
21,960 |
149,316 |
867 |
1,458 |
173,601 |
Total crops and fallow |
572,131 |
4,067,159 |
86,530 |
56,916 |
4,782,736 |
Grass: |
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Under 5 years |
423,178 |
586,690 |
103,247 |
118,386 |
1,231,501 |
5 years and over |
955,382 |
3,288,366 |
1,020,506 |
660,949 |
5,925,203 |
Total grass |
1,378,560 |
3,875,056 |
1,123,753 |
779,335 |
7,156,704 |
Total crops, fallow and grass |
1,950,691 |
7,942,215 |
1,210,283 |
836,251 |
11,939,440 |
Rough grazing: |
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Sole right grazing |
3,191,593 |
493,048 |
229,614 |
140,337 |
4,054,592 |
Common Grazing (5) |
583,728 |
427,889 |
180,305 |
36,438 |
1,228,360 |
Total rough grazing |
3,775,320 |
920,937 |
409,919 |
176,775 |
5,282,951 |
Total crops, fallow, grass and rough grazing |
5,726,011 |
8,863,152 |
1,620,202 |
1,013,026 |
17,222,392 |
Woodland |
399,379 |
295,295 |
69,128 |
10,161 |
773,963 |
Other land |
101,391 |
156,737 |
20,384 |
6,369 |
284,881 |
Total agricultural area (5) |
6,226,781 |
9,315,184 |
1,709,714 |
1,029,556 |
18,281,236 |
Total land area (6) |
8,023,862 |
13,293,767 |
2,122,466 |
1,412,972 |
24,853,067 |
% land agricultural |
78% |
70% |
81% |
73% |
74% |
(1) Refers only to holdings actively engaged in agriculture but excludes sheep stock clubs in Scotland and non-commercial holdings in England.
(2) Includes rye for England and Wales and triticale for Wales.
(3) Flax not collected for Scotland in 2010.
(4) Includes lupins.
(5) Inclusion of common grazing land brings total agricultural area in Scotland to a higher level than that published in the June agricultural census publication.
(6) As at December 2009. Data source: UK Standard Area Measurements ( SAM), published by Office for National Statistics, 2009.
na Information not available.
nc Information not collected.
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