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

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:

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:

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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