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Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

Published: 15 June 2011
ISBN: 9781780452111

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Table C10(i) Number of holdings with livestock by regional grouping and region, June 2010

	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
	North West					North East		South East					South West						Scotland
Dairy cattle:	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings
Dairy cows ⁽¹⁾	136	9	36	14	77	107	107	158	41	46	39	32	1,202	58	97	231	352	464	1,603
Heifers in calf for the first time	175	8	27	42	98	128	128	148	43	43	37	25	1,095	48	82	223	322	420	1,546
Other female cattle ⁽²⁾	78	7	27	8	36	85	85	124	36	36	33	19	1,030	36	72	227	303	392	1,317
Total dairy cattle	295	10	50	60	175	194	194	223	65	60	52	46	1,395	71	120	278	393	533	2,107
Beef cattle:
Beef cows ⁽¹⁾	2,744	151	514	423	1,656	1,609	1,609	1,602	611	212	202	577	3,252	303	561	656	590	1,142	9,207
Heifers in calf for the first time	1,311	56	319	151	785	932	932	957	366	137	117	337	1,957	190	283	403	367	714	5,157
Other female cattle for breeding ⁽³⁾	1,652	84	301	235	1,032	953	953	1,094	389	142	142	421	2,425	201	423	472	473	856	6,124
Prime cattle ⁽⁴⁾	1,811	102	520	201	988	1,889	1,889	1,636	617	263	242	514	3,388	315	387	692	732	1,262	8,724
Total beef cattle	3,265	178	571	527	1,989	2,427	2,427	2,129	832	328	291	678	4,450	432	668	894	903	1,553	12,271
Other cattle:
Bulls	1,583	88	450	90	955	1,367	1,367	1,421	519	211	171	520	3,205	259	432	623	667	1,224	7,576
Cattle under one year old	2,699	154	523	402	1,620	1,804	1,804	1,729	647	259	225	598	4,090	328	596	813	850	1,503	10,322
Total cattle	3,341	185	578	545	2,033	2,495	2,495	2,180	846	344	298	692	4,751	446	688	957	967	1,693	12,767
Sheep:
Ewes for breeding	6,195	1,151	428	2,076	2,540	1,335	1,335	1,873	647	174	240	812	3,448	326	723	637	606	1,156	12,851
Other sheep 1 year and over for breeding	5,078	952	317	1,726	2,083	808	808	1,478	517	111	174	676	2,577	227	589	471	443	847	9,941
Other sheep (including rams) and lambs	6,714	1,195	501	2,219	2,799	1,668	1,668	2,135	727	225	292	891	3,802	363	762	704	687	1,286	14,319
Total sheep	7,023	1,249	517	2,320	2,937	1,731	1,731	2,209	753	238	302	916	3,937	377	789	727	717	1,327	14,900
Pigs:
Female breeding herd ⁽⁵⁾	166	7	26	21	112	113	113	112	35	12	25	40	156	20	31	27	17	61	547
All other non-breeding pigs	301	24	41	41	195	263	263	226	68	38	47	73	282	26	59	52	49	96	1,072
Total pigs	345	26	48	50	221	278	278	247	71	41	51	84	322	33	63	58	53	115	1,192
Poultry:
Fowls for producing eggs	2,090	242	302	390	1,156	907	907	1,030	349	193	154	334	1,565	178	263	307	282	535	5,592
Fowls for breeding ⁽⁶⁾	1,192	135	181	242	634	532	532	500	158	95	92	155	841	102	125	160	136	318	3,065
Broilers and other table fowls and other poultry	1,051	156	204	150	541	581	581	512	175	89	96	152	811	83	131	169	145	283	2,955
Total poultry	2,293	284	333	418	1,258	1,081	1,081	1,235	421	230	198	386	1,809	204	299	367	326	613	6,418
Goats and kids	190	17	44	13	116	157	157	161	61	33	29	38	197	24	26	38	47	62	705
Deer	19	0	*	*	*	12	12	17	10	*	*	*	25	*	7	*	5	7	73
Horses:
Horses used in agriculture or horticulture	63	6	7	11	39	35	35	57	17	7	10	23	91	*	*	21	24	33	246
All other horses and ponies	1,337	181	186	125	845	1,448	1,448	1,893	635	328	336	594	2,288	*	*	588	479	747	6,966
Total horses	1,378	183	189	133	873	1,467	1,467	1,913	638	333	341	601	2,332	287	199	595	490	761	7,090
Camelids	21	0	*	*	14	14	14	23	7	0	8	8	35	*	*	7	7	13	93
Other livestock	30	0	*	*	20	33	33	40	11	8	10	11	83	13	11	13	16	30	186

(1) Cows and heifers in milk and cows in calf but not in milk.
(2) Female dairy cattle one year old and over for breeding.
(3) Female beef cattle one year old and over for breeding.
(4) Male and female cattle one year old and over, not for breeding.
(5) Sows in pig, gilts in pig and other sows for breeding.
(6) Hens laying eggs to hatch layer and table chicks and cocks.

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