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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 B1 FAS summary table 1: 2014-15
| Measure | Specialist Sheep (LFA) | Specialist Cattle (LFA) | Other Cattle and Sheep (LFA) (4) | Cereal | General Cropping | Dairy | Lowland Cattle and Sheep | Mixed | All Types | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Output (£) | 55,111 | 122,713 | 110,095 | 163,764 | 193,877 | 453,158 | 131,514 | 164,808 | 148,726 |
| Input (£) | 77,403 | 145,309 | 137,794 | 189,550 | 205,430 | 420,075 | 144,327 | 194,985 | 167,955 | |
| Susbsidy and payments (£) | 33,209 | 47,191 | 52,658 | 33,180 | 33,152 | 36,033 | 36,746 | 38,950 | 39,885 | |
| Diversified income (£) | 855 | 1,083 | 1,226 | 8,837 | 5,336 | -644 | 1,681 | 2,734 | 2,334 | |
| FBI (£) | 11,772 | 25,678 | 26,185 | 16,231 | 26,935 | 68,471 | 25,613 | 11,506 | 22,991 | |
| FBI/FTE (£) (1) | 9,269 | 17,832 | 16,468 | 12,112 | 19,952 | 33,896 | 17,424 | 7,102 | 15,534 | |
| Output:Input ratio | 1.15 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.06 | 1.14 | |
| Off farm income (£) (2) | 12,145 | 10,451 | 9,780 | 10,063 | 8,236 | 5,937 | 10,682 | 14,210 | 10,810 | |
| Off farm income/FTE (£) (1) (2) | 9,563 | 7,258 | 6,151 | 7,510 | 6,101 | 2,939 | 7,266 | 8,772 | 7,304 | |
| Balance sheets (All Tenures) |
Net worth (£) closing valuation (CV) | 667,684 | 1,035,283 | 1,064,015 | 1,875,556 | 1,935,564 | 1,840,884 | 1,122,445 | 1,525,734 | 1,259,107 |
| Liabilities as % of assets (CV) | 5.8 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 13.1 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.5 | |
| Hourly income | Average hourly income (£) | 4.88 | 9.39 | 8.67 | 6.37 | 10.50 | 17.84 | 9.17 | 3.74 | 8.18 |
| Minimum agricultural wage (£) (3) | 7.03 | 7.03 | 7.03 | 7.03 | 7.03 | 7.03 | 7.03 | 7.03 | 7.03 | |
| Average hourly income as % of MAW (3) | 69.4 | 133.5 | 123.3 | 90.7 | 149.4 | 253.8 | 130.4 | 53.2 | 116.3 | |
| Quartiles | FBI upper quartile (£) | 36,372 | 63,273 | 86,434 | 66,390 | 69,022 | 161,086 | 68,203 | 46,426 | 73,640 |
| FBI lower quartile (£) | -6,899 | -10,389 | -274 | -31,648 | -6,249 | 14 | -6,730 | -28,191 | -13,596 | |
| Output:Input ratio upper quartile | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| Output:Input ratio lower quartile | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
(1) Full-Time equivalent (FTE) is 1,900 hours.
(2) Off-farm Income is only collected for farmers and their spouse and represents the midpoint of the range in which their income falls.
(3) The minimum agricultural wage (MAW) is the weighted average for 2014 calendar year.
(4) Other cattle and sheep (LFA) excludes farms identified as specialist sheep or specialist cattle.
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