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Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015

Published: 12 June 2015
ISBN: 9781785443367

Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015 presenting an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.

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Table C10(ii) Number of livestock by region and sub-region, June 2014

													Number
	North West					North East		South 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
Female Dairy Cattle
Female Dairy Cattle aged 1-2	1,251	c	590	c	619	2,729	2,729	4,812	964	1,535	685	1,628	47,018	1,736	2,061	7,214	11,133	24,874	55,810
Female Dairy Cattle 2 years and over with offspring	4,381	c	2,184	c	1,827	7,766	7,766	13,198	2,923	3,832	2,652	3,791	144,371	5,083	7,040	20,448	36,882	74,918	169,716
Female Dairy Cattle 2 years and over without offspring	941	c	518	c	342	1,611	1,611	3,438	653	1,219	816	750	42,770	1,340	2,057	6,765	11,874	20,734	48,760
Total Female Dairy Cattle	6,573	467	3,292	26	2,788	12,106	12,106	21,448	4,540	6,586	4,153	6,169	234,159	8,159	11,158	34,427	59,889	120,526	274,286
Female Beef Cattle
Female Beef Cattle aged 1-2	24,932	400	10,874	490	13,168	56,616	56,616	40,462	12,914	5,830	5,442	16,276	68,477	4,708	4,565	11,507	14,010	33,687	190,487
Female Beef Cattle 2 years and over with offspring	78,452	1,624	26,310	2,701	47,817	88,671	88,671	100,823	32,961	12,613	13,185	42,064	168,580	12,493	19,966	27,661	30,150	78,310	436,526
Female Beef Cattle 2 years and over without offspring	11,195	222	3,772	569	6,632	19,982	19,982	16,833	5,783	2,440	2,512	6,098	38,246	2,954	3,646	6,866	7,821	16,959	86,256
Total Female Beef Cattle	114,579	2,246	40,956	3,760	67,617	165,269	165,269	158,118	51,658	20,883	21,139	64,438	275,303	20,155	28,177	46,034	51,981	128,956	713,269
Male Cattle
Male Cattle aged 1-2	19,973	308	10,035	285	9,345	63,353	63,353	40,431	11,637	7,668	6,325	14,801	77,638	5,982	3,298	13,148	16,862	38,348	201,395
Male Cattle aged 2 and over	6,223	145	2,292	298	3,488	22,412	22,412	13,389	4,802	2,438	2,215	3,934	35,746	2,372	2,096	6,188	8,334	16,756	77,770
Total Male Cattle	26,196	453	12,327	583	12,833	85,765	85,765	53,820	16,439	10,106	8,540	18,735	113,384	8,354	5,394	19,336	25,196	55,104	279,165
Calves
Female Dairy Cattle under 1	1,174	c	452	c	636	2,736	2,736	4,991	1,006	1,609	690	1,686	48,153	1,835	2,181	6,988	11,627	25,522	57,054
Female Beef Cattle under 1	35,641	c	12,593	c	21,297	44,023	44,023	46,468	14,955	5,931	6,295	19,287	88,686	5,701	8,994	13,793	17,644	42,554	214,818
Male Cattle under 1	36,356	797	13,110	1,056	21,393	49,258	49,258	52,291	16,504	7,921	7,271	20,595	116,859	7,493	10,097	18,410	24,858	56,001	254,764
Total Calves	73,171	1,620	26,155	2,070	43,326	96,017	96,017	103,750	32,465	15,461	14,256	41,568	253,698	15,029	21,272	39,191	54,129	124,077	526,636

Total Cattle	220,519	4,786	82,730	6,439	126,564	359,157	359,157	337,136	105,102	53,036	48,088	130,910	876,544	51,697	66,001	138,988	191,195	428,663	1,793,356
Sheep:
Ewes for breeding	587,953	122,099	43,220	66,927	355,707	223,833	223,833	767,392	236,506	31,472	73,825	425,589	1,025,007	107,399	191,053	157,891	175,497	393,167	2,604,185
Other sheep one year old and over for breeding	143,234	28,820	9,229	15,831	89,354	51,510	51,510	195,630	62,281	5,422	18,035	109,892	240,811	26,112	46,495	39,120	38,991	90,093	631,185
Rams for service	20,863	3,905	1,730	2,928	12,300	7,878	7,878	24,233	7,420	1,026	2,613	13,174	33,833	3,507	6,648	5,519	5,481	12,678	86,807
Lambs	630,616	119,638	58,464	60,402	392,112	328,003	328,003	1,036,724	296,899	47,350	102,913	589,562	1,275,166	128,543	191,763	206,176	229,846	518,838	3,270,509
Other sheep not for breeding	34,699	6,683	3,488	8,124	16,404	9,579	9,579	21,582	9,382	1,441	3,377	7,382	34,075	1,911	5,803	15,646	3,592	7,123	99,935
Total sheep	1,417,365	281,145	116,131	154,212	865,877	620,803	620,803	2,045,561	612,488	86,711	200,763	1,145,599	2,608,892	267,472	441,762	424,352	453,407	1,021,899	6,692,621
Pigs:
Female breeding herd⁽¹⁾	1,847	35	47	54	1,711	18,020	18,020	8,586	3,483	370	2,296	2,437	1,775	55	c	c	47	880	30,228
All other non-breeding pigs	17,912	133	318	179	17,282	163,422	163,422	91,819	34,923	4,115	25,574	27,207	12,917	289	c	c	295	6,745	286,070
Total pigs	19,759	168	365	233	18,993	181,442	181,442	100,405	38,406	4,485	27,870	29,644	14,692	344	c	c	342	7,625	316,298
Poultry:
Fowls for producing eggs	141,097	3,588	6,541	6,011	124,957	875,914	875,914	3,924,095	317,635	985,023	232,808	2,388,629	768,247	c	c	139,338	248,596	c	5,709,353
Fowls for breeding⁽²⁾	c	371	680	657	c	c	c	499,680	144,633	c	116,951	c	582,996	c	c	99,746	100,889	242,873	1,112,122
Broilers and other table fowls and other poultry	c	1,421	2,503	1,392	c	c	c	5,966,726	2,154,237	c	2,166,223	c	897,031	c	c	5,574	42,453	c	7,920,621
Total poultry	189,903	5,380	9,724	8,060	166,739	1,913,418	1,913,418	10,390,501	2,616,505	1,969,206	2,515,982	3,288,808	2,248,274	417,656	14,002	244,658	391,938	1,180,020	14,742,096
Goats and kids	1,017	58	203	74	682	978	978	1,047	472	188	157	230	1,449	73	127	200	667	382	4,491
Deer	1,548	0	c	0	c	1,708	1,708	1,751	833	543	c	c	2,000	c	462	c	67	866	7,007
Horses:
Horses used in agriculture or horticulture	162	34	11	28	89	121	121	349	72	157	29	91	318	41	14	73	77	113	950
All other horses and ponies	5,613	1,246	729	289	3,349	7,452	7,452	11,248	3,595	2,031	2,554	3,068	11,730	1,548	889	3,412	2,834	3,047	36,043
Total horses	5,775	1,280	740	317	3,438	7,573	7,573	11,597	3,667	2,188	2,583	3,159	12,048	1,589	903	3,485	2,911	3,160	36,993
Camelids⁽³⁾	313	c	c	c	192	389	389	415	173	52	123	67	675	c	192	135	c	207	1,792
Beehives	539	c	44	c	447	968	968	1,944	1,128	315	348	153	970	23	87	83	182	595	4,421
Other livestock	64	0	c	c	c	45	45	164	c	c	c	c	154	c	c	21	30	50	427

(1) Sows in pig, gilts in pig and other sows for breeding.

(2) Hens laying eggs to hatch layer and table chicks and cocks.

(3) Includes estimate for holdings that have not returned a census form since camelid data was first collected in 2010. Camelid figures are not compatible with previous editions of ERSA.

c data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings.

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Table C10(ii) Number of livestock by region and sub-region, June 2014

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