Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016

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


Table C12 Number of holdings with beef cows (1) and number of beef cows by region and size group, June 2015

Herd size group North West North East South East South West Scotland
Holdings Number Holdings Number Holdings Number Holdings Number Holdings Number
1-4 839 1,931 263 545 225 451 638 1,346 1,965 4,273
5-19 905 9,011 334 3,864 253 2,848 742 8,214 2,234 23,937
20-49 501 15,956 373 12,435 378 12,583 779 26,146 2,031 67,120
50-74 163 9,881 203 12,512 262 16,022 439 26,704 1,067 65,119
75-99 119 10,211 139 11,827 160 13,783 288 24,737 706 60,558
100-149 113 13,650 155 18,910 165 19,602 270 32,354 703 84,516
150 & over 83 17,660 120 27,944 153 35,567 203 50,072 559 131,243
Total 2,723 78,300 1,587 88,037 1,596 100,856 3,359 169,573 9,265 436,766

(1) Female beef cattle aged 2 years old and over with offspring.

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