Publication - Statistics

Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2019

Published: 8 October 2019
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781839602382

Statistics regarding the area of crops and other farmland, livestock, agriculture workforce and rented farmland.

Pigs

Number of pigs

Number of pigs 319 thousand

The number of pigs increased over the past year. In June 2019 there were an estimate 319,000 pigs, a rise of one per cent. Pig numbers in Scotland have been trending downwards since a peak in 1973.

Other livestock: farms also had:

34,400 horses
13,200 farmed deer
1,400 donkeys
4,700 beehives
2,000 camelids

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Email: agric.stats@gov.scot

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