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

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


Table 30: Sampled area - 2018

Area (ha) of arable crops grown in sample

Size (ha) H&I(1) C&O(1) Moray Firth Abdn(1) Angus East Fife Lothian C. Lowlands(1) Tweed Valley S. Uplands(1) Solway Scotland
0.1-19.99 24 10 5 36 4 17 0 49 4 20 20 188
20-49.9 21 29 110 445 152 119 88 178 75 25 77 1,319
50-99.9 48 81 587 1,416 1,037 393 498 686 277 54 68 5,145
100-149.9 0 421 804 2,505 1,823 455 1,278 427 1,677 90 120 9,600
150+ 0 0 3,065 3,184 5,023 2,881 2,666 1,996 5,093 430 204 24,541
All sizes 92 541 4,570 7,587 8,038 3,863 4,531 3,337 7,126 618 489 40,793

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

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