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Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016
Presents an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.
Table C23 Number and area of holdings by main farm type, total from Standard Outputs (1) and Standard Labour Requirements (2), 2014 and 2015
| Main farm type | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holdings | Hectares | Total from Standard Outputs (£) (3) | Average Standard Outputs per holding (£) (3) | Standard Labour Requirements | Holdings | Hectares | Total from Standard Outputs (£) (3) | Average Standard Outputs per holding (£) (3) | Standard Labour Requirements | |
| Specialist Cereals | 2,694 | 260,806 | 161,582,243 | 59,979 | 2,522 | 2,577 | 263,987 | 201,639,458 | 78,246 | 2,350 |
| General cropping | 1,064 | 136,759 | 165,400,247 | 155,451 | 2,422 | 896 | 97,129 | 135,992,095 | 151,777 | 1,729 |
| Specialist horticulture & permanent crops | 617 | 17,122 | 195,317,162 | 316,559 | 4,264 | 621 | 19,808 | 213,188,787 | 343,299 | 4,252 |
| Specialist pigs | 297 | 10,943 | 34,524,014 | 116,242 | 395 | 285 | 11,248 | 41,863,692 | 146,890 | 401 |
| Specialist poultry | 929 | 11,596 | 127,351,030 | 137,084 | 824 | 895 | 12,027 | 161,298,658 | 180,222 | 818 |
| Specialist dairy | 886 | 129,885 | 287,578,615 | 324,581 | 4,817 | 786 | 117,828 | 316,230,270 | 402,329 | 4,432 |
| LFA Cattle and sheep | 14,327 | 3,164,652 | 442,915,148 | 30,915 | 19,218 | 14,546 | 3,194,131 | 649,968,641 | 44,684 | 19,785 |
| Non-LFA Cattle and sheep | 2,287 | 87,970 | 70,148,545 | 30,673 | 1,950 | 2,447 | 110,644 | 117,299,947 | 47,936 | 2,322 |
| Mixed holdings | 5,498 | 307,706 | 237,836,298 | 43,259 | 5,966 | 5,322 | 291,256 | 300,400,297 | 56,445 | 5,984 |
| General cropping; forage | 22,310 | 1,409,293 | 190,964,243 | 8,560 | 4,043 | 22,306 | 1,387,888 | 251,749,382 | 11,286 | 4,316 |
| Unclassified | 1,368 | 59,235 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 1,622 | 70,474 | 0 | 0 | 283 |
| Total | 52,277 | 5,595,968 | 1,913,617,544 | 36,605 | 46,689 | 52,303 | 5,576,420 | 2,389,631,226 | 45,688 | 46,672 |
(1) Standard Outputs represent the estimated farm-gate worth (£s) of crops and animals without taking account of the costs incurred in production.
(2) Standard Labour Requirements represent the estimated full-time equivalent (FTE) labour required to farm the crops and animals on the holding 1 Standard Labour Requirement (FTE) = 1900 hours per year.
(3) The total amounted generated (in £) using the individual SOs on each farm type listed. The individual SO coefficients for crops and livestock are listed here: www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/Publications/SOCoeffs
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