Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

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Table C28 Number of holdings by Standard Labour Requirements and farm type, June 2010

Standard Labour Requirements (1)

Total

Very small
(< 1 FTE)

Small
(1 to
< 2 FTE)

Medium
(2 to
< 3 FTE)

Large
(3 to
< 5 FTE)

Very large
(5 or
more FTE)

Farm type

Holdings

Holdings

Holdings

Holdings

Holdings

Cereals

2,752

534

229

124

44

3,683

General cropping

970

422

309

328

365

2,394

Horticulture

930

46

24

25

62

1,087

Specialist pigs

250

5

6

5

20

286

Specialist poultry

1,891

33

30

45

27

2,026

Dairy

94

130

225

454

363

1,266

Cattle and sheep ( LFA)

9,313

1,620

928

1,058

834

13,753

Cattle and sheep (Lowland)

1,576

178

67

54

43

1,918

Mixed

1,042

398

231

259

204

2,134

Specialist grass and forage

21,781

64

30

42

45

21,962

Other

1,717

18

9

13

13

1,770

Total

42,316

3,448

2,088

2,407

2,020

52,279

(1) 1 Standard Labour Requirement = 1900 hours per year.
FTE means full-time equivalent.
* means data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings.

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