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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 C26 Number of holdings by Standard Labour Requirements (1) and farm type (2), June 2015
| Farm type | Standard Labour Requirements | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very small (<1 FTE) |
Small (1 to <2 FTE) |
Medium (2 to <3 FTE) |
Large (3 to <5 FTE) |
Very large (5 or more FTE) |
||
| Holdings | Holdings | Holdings | Holdings | Holdings | ||
| Specialist cereals | 1,870 | 383 | 169 | 106 | 49 | 2,577 |
| General cropping | 387 | 212 | 120 | 101 | 76 | 896 |
| Specialist horticulture & permanent crops | 440 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 107 | 621 |
| Specialist pigs | 225 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 285 |
| Specialist poultry | 757 | 29 | 30 | 45 | 34 | 895 |
| Specialist dairy | 23 | 42 | 111 | 270 | 340 | 786 |
| LFA cattle and sheep | 9,761 | 1,711 | 960 | 1,106 | 1,008 | 14,546 |
| Non- LFA cattle and sheep | 1,840 | 257 | 129 | 135 | 86 | 2,447 |
| Mixed holdings | 4,019 | 506 | 280 | 280 | 237 | 5,322 |
| General cropping; forage | 21,467 | 241 | 155 | 223 | 220 | 22,306 |
| Unclassified | 1,568 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1,622 |
| Total | 42,357 | 3,443 | 1,992 | 2,307 | 2,204 | 52,303 |
(1) 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.
(2) The 2016 ERSA uses a farm typology first used for the 2013 June Census. Comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. Further details are available at: www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/06/5219/12
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