Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2017

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2017.


Table 16: Grassland and rough grazing, comparison with previous years

Pesticide usage in 2009, 2013 and 2017, area treated with formulations, active substances (a.s.) and weight (kg) applied

2009 2013 2017
Formulations a.s. Weight Formulations a.s. Weight Formulations a.s. Weight
ha ha kg ha ha kg ha ha kg
Insecticides 3,537 3,537 259 5,811 5,811 4,113 69 69 <0.5
Molluscicides 191 191 54 179 179 27 0 0 0
Fungicides 39,203 56,471 7,754 12,081 22,127 2,508 7,065 12,873 1,656
Sulphur 669 669 4,793 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herbicides 98,378 168,807 112,478 66,602 86,020 78,348 79,274 104,770 81,815
Growth regulators 624 1,223 162 721 914 270 606 764 250
Seed treatments 488 488 48 1,490 1,490 53 925 925 83
All pesticides 142,602 230,898 125,500 86,884 116,541 85,319 87,939 119,401 83,804
Area grown 4,630,016 4,400,870 4,363,985

Note: Unspecified treatments have been included in the formulation and active substance areas, however as their weights are unknown they cannot be included in the weight applied

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