Publication - Statistics

Pesticide usage - arable crops and potato stores 2018: survey results

Published: 13 November 2019
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781839603099

Information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2018.

Supporting documents

Appendix 2: Survey statistics

Census and sample information

Table 28: Regional distribution of arable crops in 2018

Census area (ha) of arable crops grown in Scotland

	H&I ⁽¹⁾	C&O ⁽¹⁾	Moray Firth	Abdn ⁽¹⁾	Angus	East Fife	Lothian	C. Lowlands ⁽¹⁾	Tweed Valley	S. Uplands ⁽¹⁾	Solway	Scotland 2018	Scotland 2016	% change
Winter barley	65	213	1,557	10,854	5,886	3,239	3,568	3,060	6,247	795	2,060	37,542	48,031	-22
Spring barley	4,366	7,332	37,489	77,291	46,816	12,434	12,030	27,817	13,835	3,345	7,719	250,476	238,899	5
Wheat	104	*	4,432	7,676	22,469	14,150	17,577	8,234	21,388	*	2,770	99,778	109,594	-9
Winter oats	*	*	*	212	1,340	2,230	597	663	2,748	412	134	8,439	8,091	4
Spring oats	462	1,810	1,772	4,758	3,372	2,706	1,102	4,231	2,347	472	630	23,661	23,119	2
Winter Rye	*	*	563	718	1,812	837	*	679	869	0	201	5,786	3,725	55
Triticale	*	0	65	291	33	0	0	292	118	*	118	956	614	56
Winter Oilseed Rape	*	0	2,646	7,308	7,668	2,002	3,948	1,614	6,833	*	148	32,284	30,141	7
Spring Oilseed Rape⁽²⁾	*	0	66	*	168	*	*	79	*	*	*	454	590	-23
Seed potatoes	189	*	1,723	2,032	5,947	427	109	1,101	485	*	*	12,092	12,760	-5
Ware potatoes	79	27	893	592	7,109	2,130	1,345	1,286	1,607	16	183	15,268	14,766	3
Field Beans	*	0	126	*	191	275	395	344	543	0	159	2,034	776	162
Dry Harvest Peas	*	*	*	120	50	77	73	*	85	*	*	515	3,002	-83
Lupins	*	0	0	*	0	0	0	*	0	0	0	*	43	-89
Mixed grain	*	*	*	*	0	0	0	*	0	*	0	18	18	1
Totals	5,312	9,426	51,434	111,883	102,860	40,526	40,858	49,412	57,120	6,306	14,173	489,309	494,167	-1

* 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

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