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)
Contact
There is a problem
Thanks for your feedback