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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