Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016

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


Table B8 Percentage distribution of farms according to farm business incomes: 2014-15

Type of farm Farm Business Income in 2014-15
Less
than £0
£0 to
£4,999
£5,000 to
£9,999
£10,000 to
£19,999
£20,000 to
£29,999
£30,000 to
£39,999
£40,000 to
£49,999
£50,000 to
£99,999
£100,000
and over
Specialist sheep ( LFA) 24.0 14.5 6.1 32.0 10.9 5.8 3.9 1.3 1.3
Specialist cattle ( LFA) 16.6 6.3 5.9 23.6 13.3 13.4 3.7 11.7 5.5
Other cattle and sheep ( LFA) (1) 15.1 6.9 17.6 10.3 15.1 10.3 7.8 14.2 2.6
Cereals 32.6 6.4 7.5 13.2 10.5 11.1 4.1 9.3 5.4
General cropping 15.2 9.5 4.1 19.3 12.4 13.5 6.7 15.6 3.7
Dairy 5.7 1.9 5.6 11.4 5.7 13.2 11.3 28.3 17.0
Lowground cattle and sheep 35.8 4.2 2.5 23.3 11.8 0.0 2.6 9.4 10.5
Mixed 28.3 6.6 14.9 11.4 8.3 18.2 4.4 7.9 0.0
All farm types 21.8 7.7 8.3 19.7 11.2 11.3 4.9 10.4 4.6

(1) Other cattle and sheep ( LFA) excludes farms identified as specialist sheep or specialist cattle.

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