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Publication - Research and analysis

Impact of diversity of ownership scale on social, economic and environmental outcomes

Published
29 July 2016
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
ISBN
9781786520920

Report on the impact of diversity of ownership on the socioeconomic outcomes for rural areas.

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Appendix 7 - Case study agricultural data tables

Table 18 Agricultural Holding Size Distribution, 1982 to 2012 ( JAC)

Ha 1a - Unfragmented Ha 1b - Fragmented
1982 1992 2002 2012
1982 1992 2002 2012
<5 9 6 2 3 <5 55 57 56 59
5-20 9 8 9 6 5-20 19 17 24 19
21-50 8 4 5 4 21-50 17 17 11 10
51-100 18 14 14 13 51-100 11 8 5 4
101-500 2 5 6 8 101-500 8 8 10 10
>500 1 1 1 1 >500



Total 47 38 37 35 Total 110 107 106 102
Ha 2a - Unfragmented Ha 2b - Fragmented
1982 1992 2002 2012
1982 1992 2002 2012
<5 3 4 9 10 <5 5 5 5 8
5-20 3 6 5 6 5-20 2 1 3 6
21-50 10 9 7 4 21-50 7 9 7 7
51-100 13 14 13 11 51-100 12 9 8 9
101-500 18 18 15 16 101-500 21 27 27 24
>500 7 6 6 6 >500 3 2 1 2
Total 54 57 55 53 Total 50 53 51 56
Ha 3a - Unfragmented Ha 3b - Fragmented
1982 1992 2002 2012
1982 1992 2002 2012
<5 5 5 7 9 <5 16 15 11 12
5-20 5 8 9 9 5-20 10 7 12 15
21-50 10 8 7 7 21-50 3 6 9 13
51-100 3 4 3 3 51-100 4 6 9 5
101-500 10 12 12 9 101-250 9 8 9 9
>500 12 13 12 11 251-500 7 7 10 12
Total 45 50 50 48 Total 49 49 60 66
Ha Unfragmented Ha Fragmented
1982 1992 2002 2012
1982 1992 2002 2012
<5 17 15 18 22 <5 76 77 72 79
5-20 17 22 23 21 5-20 31 25 39 40
21-50 28 21 19 15 21-50 27 32 27 30
51-100 34 32 30 27 51-100 27 23 22 18
101-500 30 35 33 33 101-500 38 43 46 43
>500 20 20 19 18 >500 10 9 11 14
Total 146 145 142 136 Total 209 209 217 224

Table 19 Agricultural land ownership and use distribution, 1982 to 2012 ( JAC)

Case Study Year % land rented % land owned % land seasonally rented-in % land in crops /fallow / setaside % land in grass % land in rough grazing % land in farm woodland Total cattle Total sheep
1a - Unfragmented 1982 99% 1% 7% 42% 48% 8%
3,703 5,160
1992 99% 1% 34% 42% 43% 13%
3,718 6,253
2002 95% 5% 12% 46% 38% 11% 2.4% 3,366 2,236
2012 82% 18% 10% 34% 50% 5% 8.3% 3,567 9,246
1b - Fragmented 1982 9% 91% 16% 32% 43% 18% 5.1% 4,541 1,151
1992 11% 89% 11% 31% 46% 16% 4.1% 3,648 991
2002 19% 81% 23% 28% 52% 15% 3.6% 4,320 1,990
2012 14% 86% 28% 31% 50% 7% 3.0% 4,156 1,595
2a - Unfragmented 1982 70% 30% 1% 8% 29% 62% 0.3% 7,984 18,344
1992 74% 26% 2% 5% 34% 56% 3.5% 8,296 24,172
2002 80% 20% 4% 8% 37% 53% 0.5% 7,861 21,208
2012 69% 31% 2% 9% 39% 45% 5.3% 6,789 18,701
2b - Fragmented 1982 35% 65% 2% 5% 45% 47% 2.1% 8,099 19,451
1992 21% 79% 2% 3% 45% 49% 1.6% 8,676 26,739
2002 16% 84% 6% 3% 50% 41% 2.4% 6,326 19,449
2012 20% 80% 36% 2% 61% 25% 4.3% 7,334 18,737
3a - Unfragmented 1982 23% 77% 0% 0% 3% 97% 0.2% 2,154 34,851
1992 27% 73% 0% 0% 3% 96% 0.3% 2,351 36,575
2002 34% 66% 3% 0% 4% 90% 1.8% 3,035 36,218
2012 22% 78% 8% 0% 4% 90% 3.0% 2,029 31,560
3b - Fragmented 1982 23% 77% 0% 1% 10% 88% 1.4% 1,719 40,057
1992 35% 65% 1% 0% 9% 88% 1.7% 1,582 42,740
2002 19% 81% 2% 0% 7% 89% 2.6% 1,656 40,661
2012 8% 92% 2% 1% 12% 73% 5.9% 1,312 36,644
All Unfragmented 1982 31% 69% 0% 3% 7% 89% 0.2% 13,841 58,355
1992 35% 65% 2% 2% 8% 89% 0.6% 14,365 67,000
2002 43% 57% 4% 3% 11% 81% 1.7% 14,262 59,662
2012 31% 69% 7% 3% 11% 80% 3.6% 12,385 59,507
All Fragmented 1982 25% 75% 3% 6% 24% 68% 2.0% 14,359 60,659
1992 28% 72% 3% 5% 24% 69% 1.9% 13,906 70,470
2002 18% 82% 5% 4% 23% 69% 2.7% 12,302 62,100
2012 11% 89% 12% 4% 27% 56% 5.2% 12,802 56,976

Table 20 Proportion of holdings by land ownership and land use, 1982 to 2012 ( JAC)

Case Study Year Number of Holdings % holdings renting % holdings owning % holdings renting seasonally % holdings with crops /fallow / setaside % holdings with rough grazing % holdings with farm woodland % holdings with cattle % holdings with sheep
1a - Unfragmented 1982 47 98% 4% 13% 15% 85% 96% 43% 0%
1992 38 92% 11% 8% 21% 79% 95% 53% 0%
2002 37 89% 19% 19% 41% 70% 92% 43% 5%
2012 35 89% 26% 14% 31% 63% 97% 37% 17%
1b - Fragmented 1982 110 8% 94% 19% 7% 51% 87% 55% 20%
1992 107 10% 93% 21% 7% 47% 88% 48% 19%
2002 106 6% 97% 22% 8% 35% 87% 38% 18%
2012 102 5% 98% 23% 9% 31% 79% 40% 21%
2a - Unfragmented 1982 54 78% 24% 6% 11% 70% 98% 46% 17%
1992 57 75% 32% 7% 19% 42% 96% 46% 19%
2002 56 71% 34% 13% 27% 45% 89% 41% 20%
2012 53 58% 47% 13% 15% 45% 87% 47% 11%
2b - Fragmented 1982 50 30% 78% 4% 10% 46% 96% 64% 36%
1992 53 26% 81% 9% 17% 38% 98% 66% 26%
2002 52 15% 88% 29% 27% 19% 100% 52% 35%
2012 56 14% 89% 23% 30% 23% 88% 55% 38%
3a - Unfragmented 1982 45 60% 47% 20% 4% 49% 84% 80% 16%
1992 50 60% 48% 26% 18% 22% 90% 76% 30%
2002 50 50% 60% 26% 22% 8% 78% 70% 50%
2012 48 38% 75% 23% 19% 10% 71% 67% 56%
3b - Fragmented 1982 49 31% 84% 18% 2% 39% 80% 69% 37%
1992 49 24% 86% 20% 12% 22% 80% 61% 41%
2002 60 10% 95% 37% 15% 17% 63% 62% 35%
2012 66 12% 97% 26% 14% 18% 68% 61% 38%
All Unfragmented 1982 146 79% 25% 12% 10% 68% 93% 55% 11%
1992 145 74% 32% 14% 19% 45% 94% 58% 18%
2002 143 69% 39% 19% 29% 38% 86% 52% 27%
2012 136 59% 51% 17% 21% 38% 84% 51% 29%
All Fragmented 1982 209 19% 88% 15% 7% 47% 88% 61% 28%
1992 209 18% 89% 18% 11% 39% 89% 56% 26%
2002 218 9% 94% 28% 14% 26% 83% 48% 27%
2012 224 9% 96% 24% 16% 25% 78% 50% 30%

Table 21 Agricultural holding occupiers and workers, 1982 to 2012 ( JAC)

Case Study Year Full-time occupiers Part-time occupiers >50% time Part-time occupiers <50% time Full-time regular workers Part-time regular workers Casual and seasonal workers Total regular and casual staff
1a - Unfragmented 1982 27 2 9 29 8 5 42
1992 19 3 11 33 4 2 39
2002 17 2 10 19 9 8 36
2012 15 6 9 20 7 1 28
1b - Fragmented 1982 24 7 20 35 4 5 44
1992 14 8 28 29 6 7 42
2002 9 8 33 27 10 4 41
2012 8 4 26 22 8 2 32
2a - Unfragmented 1982 31 7 4 88 6 5 99
1992 36 2 7 67 14 4 85
2002 31 6 5 49 10 6 65
2012 23 7 7 32 17 7 56
2b - Fragmented 1982 24 2 11 96 17 10 123
1992 27 6 8 76 9 3 88
2002 22 5 8 23 12 5 40
2012 23 3 16 38 12 8 58
3a - Unfragmented 1982 14 6 4 31 10 2 43
1992 16 8 8 16 6 4 26
2002 10 8 11 14 8 4 26
2012 6 5 11 18 5 8 31
3b - Fragmented 1982 8 5 10 27 7 2 36
1992 11 5 9 19 8 3 30
2002 15 2 14 26 13 2 41
2012 14 3 15 18 10 4 32
All Unfragmented 1982 72 15 17 148 24 12 184
1992 71 13 26 116 24 10 150
2002 58 16 26 82 27 18 127
2012 44 18 27 70 29 16 115
All Fragmented 1982 56 14 41 158 28 17 203
1992 52 19 45 124 23 13 160
2002 46 15 55 76 35 11 122
2012 45 10 57 78 30 14 122

Figure 26 Main Common Agricultural Policy Payments, 2014

Parish Single Farm Payment Scottish Beef Scheme Financial Discipline Reimbursement Less Favoured Area Support Scheme
Count Sum Count Sum Count Sum Count Sum
1a - Unfragmented 26 £957,486 18 £61,974 22 £28,985 17 £111,564
1b - Fragmented 18 £640,832 7 £42,151 14 £21,387 9 £32,678
3a - Unfragmented 23 £561,254 11 £26,684 20 £18,045 19 £200,265
3b - Fragmented 21 £535,132 13 £29,153 20 £17,304 19 £276,383
2b - Fragmented 33 £898,711 22 £62,454 26 £25,217 23 £119,958
2a - Unfragmented 36 £1,060,878 13 £31,840 34 £33,700 19 £117,533
All Unfragmented 85 £2,579,618 42 £120,498 76 £80,730 55 £429,362
All Fragmented 72 £2,074,675 42 £133,758 60 £63,907 51 £429,020

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Email: Graeme Beale, socialresearch@gov.scot

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