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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