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 19: Regional distribution of fodder crop areas in 2017

Census area (ha) of fodder crops grown in Scotland

Highlands & Islands Caithness & Orkney Moray Firth Aberdeen Angus East Fife Lothian
Fodder beet 31 * * 19 * 121 38
Fodder rape 258 113 324 245 76 29 61
Kale & cabbage 61 * 229 327 154 92 118
Turnips & swede 275 132 876 1,524 312 58 67
Maize * * * * * * *
Other stock-feeding crops 633 756 601 1,180 411 88 303
Central Lowlands Tweed Valley Southern Uplands Solway Scotland 2017 Scotland 2013 % change
Fodder beet 98 * 2 141 611 465 32
Fodder rape 255 234 292 121 2,007 2,102 -5
Kale & cabbage 230 266 220 200 1,915 1,802 6
Turnips & swede 221 127 153 63 3,806 4,106 -7
Maize 84 13 * * 792 1,406 -44
Other stock-feeding crops 839 623 284 1,115 6,834 9,106 -25

*Regional data have not been provided in order to prevent disclosure of information relating to fewer than five holdings

Note: ‘other stock-feeding crops’ include arable silage, red clover, swedes, kale, stubble turnips and fodder crop mixes

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