Publication - Statistics

Pesticide usage in Scotland: arable crops and potato stores 2016

Published: 31 October 2017
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781788512596

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2016.

Supporting documents

Appendix 2 – Survey statistics

Census and sample information

Table 44 Regional distribution of arable crops in 2016

Census area (ha) of arable crops grown in Scotland

	H&I ⁽¹⁾	C&O ⁽¹⁾	Moray Firth	Abdn ⁽¹⁾	Angus	East Fife	Lothian	C. Low-lands ⁽¹⁾	Tweed Valley	S. Uplands ⁽¹⁾	Solway	Scotland 2016	Scotland 2014	% change
Winter Barley	103	236	2,013	14,797	7,195	4,128	3,951	4,971	7,194	878	2,564	48,031	52,507	-9
Spring Barley	4,300	7,302	34,535	71,873	46,391	12,136	11,395	26,129	13,238	3,421	8,180	238,899	274,377	-13
Total Wheat	141	*	5,505	8,751	23,205	15,223	18,550	11,183	22,445	1,184	3,373	109,594	109,023	1
Winter Oats	24	*	125	237	846	1,978	532	917	2,876	279	278	8,091	7,998	1
Spring Oats	687	1,519	2,081	4,713	3,419	2,689	905	4,319	1,939	194	656	23,119	17,052	36
Winter Rye ⁽³⁾	*	0	670	334	648	426	765	244	583	0	*	3,725	0 ⁽³⁾	N/A
Triticale	*	*	72	*	*	*	*	163	142	*	94	614	519	18
Winter Oilseed Rape	*	0	2,493	6,952	6,603	1,989	4,143	1,388	6,260	*	*	30,141	36,420	-17
Spring Oilseed Rape ⁽²⁾	*	*	*	118	106	*	140	*	*	0	*	590	720	-18
Seed Potatoes	177	*	1,872	1,861	6,269	498	124	1,320	530	*	*	12,760	13,300	-4
Ware Potatoes	106	37	812	867	6,707	1,971	1,304	1,325	1,423	18	196	14,766	15,211	-3
Combine Peas	*	*	45	122	*	143	167	117	96	*	*	776	616	26
Field Beans	*	0	147	0	414	360	413	446	1,026	*	159	3,002	2,765	9
Lupins	*	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	42.54	114	-63
Mixed Grains	12.93	*	*	*	0	0	0	*	0	*	0	17.8	646	-97
Totals	5,635	9,245	50,447	110,640	101,890	41,616	42,402	52,565	57,762	6,267	15,699	494,167	531,269	-7

* To prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings, entries relating to fewer than five holdings are not reported

(1) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, C.Lowlands = Central Lowlands, S.Uplands = Southern Uplands

(2) Includes linseed.

(3) Winter rye area published for the first time in 2016

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