Pesticide usage in Scotland: arable crops and potato stores 2016

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


Table 47 Census area - 2016

Area (ha) of arable crops grown in Scotland

Size (ha)

H & I (1)

C & O (1)

Moray Firth

Abdn (1) &

Angus

East Fife

Lothian

Central Lowlands

Tweed Valley

S.

Uplands (1) & Solway

Scotland

0.1-19.99

5,447

2,957

10,810

982

826

5,391

1,215

4,015

31,643

20-49.9

3,854

7,964

30,290

3,863

2,640

10,823

3,429

6,010

68,872

50-99.9

3,554

11,058

52,866

10,046

7,324

14,008

7,078

5,824

111,759

100-149.9

1,624

9,456

39,967

8,785

9,101

7,725

12,118

2,316

91,092

150+

401

19,012

78,596

17,940

22,511

14,618

33,923

3,800

190,802

All sizes

14,880

50,447

212,530

41,616

42,402

52,565

57,762

21,965

494,167

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

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