Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016

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


Table C14 Number of holdings with breeding ewes and number of breeding ewes by region and size group, June 2015

Flock size group North West North East South East South West Scotland
Holdings Number Holdings Number Holdings Number Holdings Number Holdings Number
1-24 2,399 29,625 415 4,173 434 3,956 736 7,330 3,984 45,084
25-49 1,193 41,554 151 5,480 129 4,424 357 12,633 1,830 64,091
50-99 963 67,364 204 14,479 146 10,614 367 26,198 1,680 118,655
100-199 671 92,702 225 32,137 194 28,497 501 72,887 1,591 226,223
200-299 243 58,297 142 34,360 153 37,887 380 94,119 918 224,663
300-499 254 99,065 106 40,725 252 98,713 454 177,012 1,066 415,515
500-699 116 68,303 47 27,166 178 106,599 266 155,645 607 357,713
700-999 72 59,120 30 24,553 179 150,744 199 162,373 480 396,790
1,000 & over 46 63,853 27 41,006 223 323,438 209 311,143 505 739,440
Total 5,957 579,883 1,347 224,079 1,888 764,872 3,469 1,019,340 12,661 2,588,174

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