Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015

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


Table A8 Prices and quantities of fertiliser and lime used by Scottish farmers, 2010 to 2014

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

(prov)

Price – £ per tonne of nutrient

Compounds

551

641

722

666

669

Straights

Nitrates

(N)

562

783

890

820

727

Phosphate

(P2O5)

512

788

859

726

599

Potash

(K2O)

559

543

573

528

453

Lime

(CaCO3)

39

39

40

41

43

Quantity used – ’000 tonnes of nutrient

 

Nitrates

(N)

127

124

125

138

129

Phosphate

(P2O5)

44

42

43

46

44

Potash

(K2O)

57

59

56

60

58

Lime

(CaCO3)

549

504

478

528

521

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