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 C2 Crops, grass and rough grazings for each United Kingdom country, June 2014
Scotland |
England |
Wales |
Northern Ireland |
United Kingdom |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of holdings(1) |
52,277 |
102,836 |
35,253 |
24,228 |
214,594 |
Crops, fallow and set-aside: |
hectares |
hectares |
hectares |
hectares |
hectares |
Wheat |
109,023 |
1,796,730 |
21,486 |
8,498 |
1,935,737 |
Triticale |
519 |
9,811 |
: |
40 |
: |
Barley: Winter |
52,507 |
363,227 |
6,580 |
6,709 |
429,023 |
Spring |
274,377 |
345,476 |
14,103 |
16,846 |
650,802 |
Total |
326,884 |
708,703 |
20,683 |
23,555 |
1,079,826 |
Oats (including mixed grain)(2) |
25,697 |
119,067 |
6,133 |
2,086 |
152,983 |
Rape for oilseed (including flax(3) and linseed) |
37,140 |
646,118 |
5,433 |
494 |
689,185 |
Potatoes |
28,511 |
105,056 |
2,775 |
4,188 |
140,529 |
Peas for combining |
616 |
30,710 |
: |
: |
: |
Beans for combining(4) |
2,765 |
103,482 |
617 |
: |
: |
Maize |
1,319 |
171,165 |
9,372 |
1,598 |
183,453 |
Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding |
4,561 |
: |
: |
549 |
: |
Other crops for stockfeeding(5) |
12,694 |
41,245 |
15,185 |
4,668 |
190,085 |
Vegetables for human consumption |
16,262 |
97,921 |
617 |
1,332 |
116,132 |
Orchard and soft fruit |
757 |
29,783 |
733 |
1,533 |
32,806 |
Bulbs, other flowers and nursery stock |
1,276 |
10,287 |
314 |
146 |
12,023 |
All other crops |
9,085 |
139,454 |
1,949 |
1,099 |
151,587 |
Fallow land |
11,910 |
146,305 |
939 |
1,015 |
160,169 |
Total crops and fallow |
589,018 |
4,155,838 |
86,698 |
50,800 |
4,882,384 |
Grass: |
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Under 5 years |
425,742 |
671,381 |
152,571 |
146,199 |
1,395,893 |
5 years and over |
882,387 |
3,252,151 |
1,047,916 |
641,833 |
5,824,287 |
Total grass |
1,308,129 |
3,923,532 |
1,200,487 |
788,032 |
7,220,181 |
Total crops, fallow and grass |
1,897,147 |
8,079,370 |
1,287,215 |
838,832 |
12,102,565 |
Rough grazing: |
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Sole right grazing |
3,056,855 |
476,211 |
257,055 |
140,147 |
3,930,268 |
Common grazing(6) |
584,263 |
398,947 |
180,305 |
35,631 |
1,199,146 |
Total rough grazing |
3,641,118 |
875,158 |
437,360 |
175,778 |
5,129,414 |
Total crops, fallow, grass and rough grazing (UAA)(7) |
5,538,265 |
8,954,528 |
1,724,575 |
1,014,610 |
17,231,978 |
Woodland |
479,359 |
331,316 |
75,703 |
11,091 |
897,469 |
Other land |
162,607 |
145,976 |
11,391 |
6,734 |
326,708 |
Total agricultural area |
6,180,231 |
9,431,820 |
1,811,669 |
1,032,435 |
18,456,155 |
Total land area(8) |
7,880,998 |
13,045,939 |
2,078,224 |
1,412,972 |
24,418,133 |
% land agricultural |
78% |
72% |
87% |
73% |
76% |
(1) Refers only to holdings actively engaged in agriculture but excludes sheep stock clubs and landless cattle keepers in Scotland and non-commercial holdings in England.
(2) Includes rye for England and Wales and triticale for Wales.
(3) Flax not collected for Scotland. Figure for Scotland includes linseed.
(4) Wales figures includes peas for combining
(5) Includes lupins. Wales figure included turnips, swede and beet for stock feeding
(6) Inclusion of common grazing land brings total agricultural area in Scotland and in Northern Ireland to a higher level than that published in the June agricultural census publication.
(7) Utilised agricultural area (UAA) excludes woodland and other land such as yards and derelict land etc.
(8) Data source: UK Standard Area Measurements (SAM) as at December 2014, published by Office for National Statistics.
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