Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016

Presents an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.


Table A4 Output and utilisation of potatoes, vegetables and fruit, 2011 to 2015 (1)

  Unit 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (prov)
Potatoes (2)
Earlies '000 tonnes 4.4 4.2 2.8 4.7 6.0
Maincrop ware (3) " 816.7 607.1 760.9 758.9 665.0
Seed (4) " 321.9 262.7 296.2 290.9 272.3
Stockfeed " 107.8 80.1 100.4 100.2 87.8
Total potatoes " 1,250.9 954.2 1,160.3 1,154.7 1,031.1
Earlies £ per tonne 262.52 498.33 413.08 269.81 253.69
Maincrop ware " 148.00 155.59 203.70 140.55 140.67
Seed (4) " 216.66 237.18 272.01 247.06 240.28
Earlies £ millions 1.2 2.1 1.2 1.3 1.5
Seed (4) " 69.8 71.6 75.3 73.8 68.6
Maincrop ware " 132.5 118.1 147.5 112.2 105.7
Stockfeed " 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.7
Stockchange (5) " -4.2 -33.3 16.8 -2.2 -10.5
Total value of output " 200.2 159.8 242.3 186.9 167.0
Vegetables
Carrots '000 tonnes 144.8 137.2 184.1 199.8 186.0
Turnips & swedes " 64.4 49.3 60.9 55.7 54.5
Brussel sprouts " 14.8 11.0 14.4 11.3 12.4
Peas " 26.6 20.3 28.9 30.2 30.8
Other vegetables " 77.4 61.9 72.2 73.9 71.4
Total vegetables " 327.9 279.7 360.4 370.9 355.1
Carrots £ per tonne 157.91 177.31 169.77 133.33 155.57
Turnips & swedes " 239.27 312.49 332.91 183.83 200.14
Brussel sprouts " 1,047.48 1,086.85 1,243.72 1,085.15 858.44
Peas " 305.04 331.71 383.24 382.98 395.97
Carrots £ millions 22.9 24.3 31.3 26.6 28.9
Turnips & swedes " 15.4 15.4 20.3 10.2 10.9
Brussel sprouts " 15.5 12.0 17.9 12.2 10.6
Peas " 8.1 6.7 11.1 11.6 12.2
Other vegetables " 46.9 43.1 50.8 53.8 52.8
Total value of output " 108.8 101.5 131.3 114.4 115.4
Fruit
Raspberries '000 tonnes 3.2 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.0
Strawberries " 21.4 16.9 23.8 25.2 31.8
Other fruit " 5.5 4.8 7.1 7.4 9.6
Total fruit " 30.1 24.2 33.6 35.4 44.4
Raspberries £ per tonne 4,948.60 5,975.83 5,881.50 4,332.70 5,036.66
Strawberries " 2,688.55 2,894.03 2,774.74 2,697.98 3,004.03
Raspberries £ millions 15.7 15.1 16.1 12.5 15.2
Strawberries " 57.5 48.9 66.0 67.9 95.4
Other fruit " 8.4 8.2 12.0 10.8 17.7
Total value of output " 81.6 72.2 94.2 91.2 128.4

(1) Output data are for calendar years and so reflect the influence of two crop years.

(2) Includes all production whether sold off or consumed on the national farm.

(3) Includes farmyard consumption.

(4) Includes seed retained on the farm of origin or sold farm-to-farm. Valued at opportunity cost, assumed to be the ex-farm seed price.

(5) Value of the physical increase in on-farm stocks over the course of the year.

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