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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 C7 Number of holdings by size group and farm type, June 2015
holdings
| Size group Hectares | Farm type | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialist cereals | General cropping | Specialist horticulture & permanent crops | Specialist pigs | Specialist poultry | Specialist dairy | LFA cattle & sheep | Non- LFA cattle & sheep | Mixed holdings | General cropping; forage | Unclassified | Total | |
| Under 10 | 408 | 192 | 454 | 217 | 773 | c | 4,592 | 1,135 | 3,392 | 14,933 | c | 27,266 |
| 10-<20 | 238 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 46 | c | 1,789 | 270 | 340 | 2,289 | c | 5,191 |
| 20-<50 | 540 | 116 | 42 | 14 | 29 | 53 | 2,130 | 394 | 332 | 2,268 | 128 | 6,046 |
| 50-<100 | 565 | 202 | 27 | 19 | 20 | 241 | 1,857 | 323 | 387 | 1,228 | 85 | 4,954 |
| 100-<200 | 504 | 228 | 37 | 13 | 16 | 327 | 1,716 | 229 | 472 | 752 | 50 | 4,344 |
| 200 & over | 322 | 122 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 152 | 2,462 | 96 | 399 | 836 | 63 | 4,502 |
| Total | 2,577 | 896 | 621 | 285 | 895 | 786 | 14,546 | 2,447 | 5,322 | 22,306 | 1,622 | 52,303 |
Note: Since the 2014 publication, ERSA has used a new farm typology. Comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. Further details are available at: www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/06/5219/12.
c data suppressed to prevent disclosure on individual holdings.
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