Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

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Table C26 Number of holdings, total and average from Standard Gross Margin (1), total and average Standard Labour Requirement (2) by regional grouping and region, June 2010

Holdings

Standard Gross Margin Margins (£) (1)

Standard Labour Requirements

Total from SGM

Total from SGM
(average £ per holding)

Total SLR

Average SLR
per holding

North West:

20,720

84,455,880

4,076

6,326

0.305

Shetland

1,898

4,336,420

2,285

648

0.341

Orkney

2,002

18,720,445

9,351

872

0.436

Eileanan an Iar

6,470

3,696,358

571

481

0.074

Highland

10,350

57,702,657

5,575

4,325

0.418

North East:

Grampian

8,827

190,230,297

21,551

6,819

0.772

South East:

9,092

386,701,799

42,532

14,417

1.586

Tayside

3,639

182,323,557

50,103

6,622

1.820

Fife

1,501

63,018,373

41,984

1,663

1.108

Lothian

1,513

52,223,356

34,516

1,654

1.093

Scottish Borders

2,439

89,136,513

36,546

4,479

1.836

South West:

13,640

296,005,595

21,701

14,578

1.069

East Central

1,515

23,445,852

15,476

1,246

0.823

Argyll & Bute

1,970

23,424,271

11,890

1,822

0.925

Clyde Valley

3,261

51,893,230

15,913

2,526

0.775

Ayrshire

2,818

66,876,042

23,732

3,010

1.068

Dumfries & Galloway

4,076

130,366,200

31,984

5,973

1.466

Scotland

52,279

957,393,572

18,313

42,140

0.806

(1) The Standard Gross Margin represents the value (less variable costs) of the crops and livestock on holdings.
(2) 1 Standard Labour Requirement = 1900 hours per year.

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