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.

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Table 4 Potato cultivation and storage, comparison with previous surveys - 2016

		2012	2014	2016
Area grown (ha) ⁽¹⁾	Seed	13,002	13,300	12,760
Area grown (ha) ⁽¹⁾	Ware	16,534	15,211	14,766
Tonnes stored	Seed	329,427	398,780	415,023
Tonnes stored	Ware	630,637	747,902	725,263

⁽¹⁾ This is the census area of the crops intended to be grown for seed and ware production. Some of the seed crop was reclassified as ware post-harvest

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Table 4 Potato cultivation and storage, comparison with previous surveys - 2016

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