Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

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Table C4 Number of holdings with crops and grass and area of crops and grass by regional grouping and region, June 2010

North West

North East

South East

South West

Total

Shetland

Orkney

Eileanan an Iar

Highland

Total

Grampian

Total

Tayside

Fife

Lothian

Scottish Borders

Total

East Central

Argyll & Bute

Clyde Valley

Ayrshire

Dumfries & Galloway

Scotland

Crops and fallow:

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

Wheat

123

0

*

*

113

590

590

1,691

672

341

303

375

384

81

8

68

67

160

2,788

Triticale

*

0

*

0

*

*

*

31

12

*

5

*

25

*

0

*

*

17

69

Barley: Winter

66

0

16

0

50

643

643

835

255

177

148

255

357

42

*

*

88

168

1,901

Spring

1,148

*

487

*

639

2,722

2,722

2,458

1,210

426

359

463

1,444

183

94

322

338

507

7,772

Total

1,164

*

493

*

649

2,850

2,850

2,674

1,261

465

395

553

1,535

196

94

340

348

557

8,223

Oats (including mixed grain)

475

22

30

148

275

415

415

555

209

114

41

191

237

101

9

41

16

70

1,682

Rape for oilseed and linseed

71

*

0

*

*

432

432

705

289

102

130

184

24

9

0

0

*

12

1,232

Potatoes

907

68

124

324

391

576

576

1,389

889

235

140

125

162

16

28

22

40

56

3,034

Peas and beans for combining

21

0

*

0

*

50

50

318

70

83

51

114

46

30

0

*

*

11

435

Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding

425

38

56

33

298

574

574

287

138

53

22

74

166

17

15

29

52

53

1,452

Other crops for stockfeeding (1)

435

76

110

38

211

372

372

584

261

48

63

212

624

48

51

102

94

329

2,015

Vegetables for human consumption

573

36

35

209

293

261

261

819

497

144

89

89

144

14

34

32

25

39

1,797

Orchard and soft fruit

202

*

*

47

148

84

84

178

112

27

18

21

94

5

12

42

13

22

558

Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock

*

*

*

12

32

*

*

71

39

*

13

*

47

*

*

14

8

9

208

All other crops

459

18

128

58

255

630

630

844

321

134

134

255

411

73

37

103

67

131

2,344

Fallow land: 5 years or less

725

13

48

201

463

1,128

1,128

1,125

520

244

187

174

348

67

33

105

65

78

3,326

More than 5 years

571

13

48

195

315

272

272

230

108

54

38

30

221

20

31

75

52

43

1,294

Total crops and fallow

3,430

188

687

761

1,794

3,753

3,753

3,823

1,720

660

595

848

2,728

356

236

618

542

976

13,734

Grass and rough grazing:

Grass under 5 years old

6,110

292

993

1,702

3,123

*

*

*

*

769

724

1,200

4,876

596

402

*

*

1,655

20,917

Grass 5 years old and over

13,905

1,476

1,464

4,322

6,643

6,010

6,010

6,532

2,458

998

1,069

2,007

10,669

1,126

1,398

2,504

2,270

3,371

37,116

Sole right grazing

10,105

1,272

924

2,451

5,458

3,459

3,459

3,108

1,229

546

410

923

5,548

519

1,290

1,159

989

1,591

22,220

Common grazing

1,032

159

19

309

545

*

*

*

*

0

0

0

69

0

60

*

*

0

1,108

Total grass and rough grazing

21,485

2,053

1,995

6,739

10,698

8,619

8,619

8,776

3,529

1,441

1,446

2,360

13,319

1,459

1,997

3,125

2,747

3,991

52,199

Woodland

1,980

52

54

124

1,750

2,216

2,216

2,614

852

383

432

947

3,488

434

472

804

655

1,123

10,298

Other land

4,109

435

658

631

2,385

3,486

3,486

3,437

1,319

556

584

978

5,188

571

932

1,203

926

1,556

16,220

Total agricultural area

21,752

2,057

2,021

6,779

10,895

8,833

8,833

9,093

3,640

1,501

1,513

2,439

13,709

1,515

2,030

3,263

2,825

4,076

53,387

Crops and fallow:

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

Crops and fallow:

Wheat

4,155

0

*

*

4,116

17,650

17,650

81,522

25,935

16,405

17,950

21,233

8,109

2,541

105

1,287

1,067

3,108

111,436

Triticale

*

0

*

0

*

*

*

241

41

*

65

*

278

*

0

*

*

189

687

Barley: Winter

1,035

0

29

0

1,007

19,953

19,953

21,642

5,446

4,263

3,809

8,124

5,380

637

*

*

941

3,145

48,010

Spring

24,774

*

4,320

*

20,369

95,217

95,217

94,210

46,739

15,864

13,899

17,706

28,163

5,147

1,533

6,118

5,792

9,573

242,364

Total

25,810

*

4,349

*

21,376

115,170

115,170

115,851

52,185

20,127

17,708

25,831

33,543

5,784

1,573

6,734

6,733

12,719

290,374

Oats (including mixed grain)

2,782

24

111

263

2,384

4,799

4,799

13,301

5,056

3,167

531

4,546

3,012

1,627

33

549

69

734

23,893

Rape for oilseed and linseed

1,930

*

0

*

*

12,712

12,712

20,938

7,245

2,405

3,901

7,387

528

*

0

0

*

286

36,107

Potatoes

1,505

23

32

41

1,409

6,284

6,284

22,753

14,767

3,549

2,257

2,181

835

99

19

37

338

342

31,377

Peas and beans for combining

247

0

*

0

*

518

518

5,452

1,254

1,208

825

2,165

715

425

0

*

*

161

6,932

Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding

936

15

79

6

836

2,159

2,159

1,601

705

272

113

511

815

100

52

70

283

309

5,511

Other crops for stockfeeding (1)

1,672

98

523

44

1,007

2,899

2,899

5,772

2,288

300

787

2,397

7,179

382

348

1,000

1,089

4,362

17,523

Vegetables for human consumption

407

5

10

21

370

2,027

2,027

13,763

8,687

2,367

1,109

1,600

258

128

6

69

29

26

16,456

Orchard and soft fruit

43

*

*

4

39

127

127

1,745

1,472

242

22

9

46

2

3

32

2

7

1,962

Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock

*

*

*

1

11

*

*

556

495

*

46

*

51

*

*

22

10

7

1,018

All other crops

718

7

196

13

502

1,699

1,699

2,909

1,246

419

440

804

1,570

362

170

528

167

343

6,895

Fallow land: 5 years or less

4,226

17

142

350

3,717

6,825

6,825

7,420

3,797

1,496

1,097

1,030

2,007

526

69

618

525

269

20,477

More than 5 years

564

8

135

80

341

376

376

360

112

54

76

118

183

35

18

58

62

10

1,483

Total crops and fallow

45,024

281

5,625

828

38,290

173,794

173,794

294,186

125,285

52,030

46,927

69,944

59,127

12,238

2,404

11,173

10,439

22,873

572,131

Grass and rough grazing:

Grass under 5 years old

63,245

1,054

18,877

2,120

41,195

*

*

*

*

14,827

14,098

42,695

120,144

13,473

8,832

*

*

49,928

423,178

Grass 5 years old and over

201,640

25,705

31,094

25,761

119,080

84,647

84,647

205,405

76,660

17,422

25,759

85,564

463,689

37,622

69,899

77,747

97,235

181,186

955,382

Sole right grazing

1,642,597

56,389

27,245

63,294

1,495,670

229,252

229,252

537,110

353,741

5,448

27,337

150,584

782,633

108,736

337,744

81,791

92,076

162,286

3,191,593

Common grazing

568,387

65,809

2,198

215,657

284,724

*

*

*

*

0

0

0

10,278

0

8,940

*

*

0

583,728

Total grass and rough grazing

2,520,894

149,238

85,039

307,660

1,978,958

623,573

623,573

1,145,673

593,038

89,728

114,120

348,787

1,435,871

172,070

427,819

198,946

220,764

416,273

5,726,012

Woodland

155,463

30

80

463

154,890

60,193

60,193

64,453

29,852

4,548

8,271

21,781

119,270

11,751

42,776

16,312

18,368

30,064

399,379

Other land

36,579

580

798

374

34,827

18,116

18,116

15,300

9,317

1,442

2,093

2,448

31,396

2,467

14,651

3,539

3,972

6,767

101,391

Total agricultural area

2,712,936

149,848

85,917

308,496

2,168,675

701,882

701,882

1,225,425

632,208

95,718

124,485

373,016

1,586,538

186,287

485,246

218,797

243,104

453,104

6,226,782

(1) See Table C2, note 3.
* data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings.

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