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Publication - Statistics

Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016

Published
14 June 2016
ISBN
9781786522276

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

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Table C5 Number of holdings and area by region, sub-region and size of holding, June 2015 (1)

  0-<2
hectares		 2-<5
hectares		 5-<10
hectares		 10-<20
hectares		 20-<50
hectares		 50-<100
hectares		 100-<200
hectares		 200 +
hectares		 Total
holdings holdings holdings holdings holdings holdings holdings holdings holdings
North West 5,614 4,998 2,981 2,382 1,966 987 683 985 20,596
Shetland 166 272 315 332 360 170 115 76 1,806
Orkney 404 364 220 248 331 213 120 80 1,980
Na h-Eileanan Siar 2,455 1,886 1,032 708 245 71 25 38 6,460
Highland 2,589 2,476 1,414 1,094 1,030 533 423 791 10,350
North East 1,401 1,914 974 798 1,210 1,104 913 570 8,884
Grampian 1,401 1,914 974 798 1,210 1,104 913 570 8,884
South East 1,559 1,520 918 708 953 996 1,149 1,413 9,216
Tayside 603 574 327 255 429 471 486 522 3,667
Fife 357 264 135 106 144 185 209 130 1,530
Lothian 232 320 175 123 149 153 175 177 1,504
Scottish Borders 367 362 281 224 231 187 279 584 2,515
South West 1,824 2,124 1,439 1,303 1,917 1,867 1,599 1,534 13,607
East Central 207 234 175 166 234 195 158 157 1,526
Argyll & Bute 239 279 215 197 249 236 169 396 1,980
Clyde Valley 409 573 368 339 529 493 297 205 3,213
Ayrshire 325 470 299 280 426 441 347 221 2,809
Dumfries & Galloway 644 568 382 321 479 502 628 555 4,079
Scotland 10,398 10,556 6,312 5,191 6,046 4,954 4,344 4,502 52,303
  hectares hectares hectares hectares hectares hectares hectares hectares hectares
North West 6,615 15,877 21,354 33,612 62,602 69,576 95,809 1,754,816 2,060,261
Shetland 188 935 2,325 4,685 11,915 11,835 15,792 35,003 82,679
Orkney 411 1,193 1,579 3,608 10,631 15,175 16,700 40,240 89,535
Na h-Eileanan Siar 2,940 5,764 7,399 9,733 7,104 4,808 3,761 46,034 87,543
Highland 3,076 7,985 10,050 15,586 32,952 37,759 59,555 1,633,539 1,800,503
North East 1,636 6,114 6,937 11,597 40,610 80,012 127,788 405,439 680,132
Grampian 1,636 6,114 6,937 11,597 40,610 80,012 127,788 405,439 680,132
South East 1,701 4,897 6,484 10,083 31,636 73,005 166,798 949,031 1,243,634
Tayside 661 1,843 2,303 3,727 14,278 34,558 69,524 504,422 631,315
Fife 381 845 948 1,490 4,792 13,722 29,323 45,566 97,068
Lothian 256 1,036 1,251 1,713 4,972 11,125 25,997 85,793 132,143
Scottish Borders 403 1,173 1,982 3,153 7,594 13,600 41,954 313,249 383,109
South West 1,944 6,981 10,263 18,813 63,782 136,436 224,086 1,130,087 1,592,393
East Central 227 751 1,257 2,395 7,767 14,167 22,098 143,131 191,794
Argyll & Bute 264 917 1,570 2,862 8,095 17,261 24,451 417,819 473,239
Clyde Valley 465 1,880 2,593 4,908 17,556 35,652 40,854 115,105 219,014
Ayrshire 362 1,566 2,121 4,071 14,516 31,969 47,984 140,904 243,494
Dumfries & Galloway 626 1,867 2,722 4,577 15,847 37,386 88,699 313,128 464,852
Scotland 11,896 33,870 45,037 74,105 198,630 359,030 614,481 4,239,372 5,576,420

(1) This table includes the area of farm woodlands and other farm land but excludes the area of common grazings.

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