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 23: Census area of grassland - 2017

Area (ha) of grassland and rough grazing in Scotland

H&I (1) C&O (1) Moray Firth Abdn (1) Angus East Fife Lothian Central Low-lands Tweed Valley S. Uplands (1) Solway Scotland
Grassland (2) 225,723 86,881 77,704 141,295 49,801 24,852 29,756 273,098 80,520 141,699 187,477 1,318,807
Rough grazing 2,181,114 76,911 161,429 47,374 39,743 2,735 19,169 137,301 30,507 280,799 60,532 3,037,615

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

(2) These areas do not include the estimated 7,563 hectares of undersown grass as this is not recorded on the census (refer to Appendix 3)

Note: Data taken from the 2017 June Agricultural Census (11)

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