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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.

Area (ha) of fodder crops grown in the sample

Size ⁽¹⁾ (ha)	H&I ⁽²⁾	C&O ⁽²⁾	Moray Firth	Abdn ⁽²⁾	Angus	East Fife	Lothian	Central Low-lands	Tweed Valley	S. Uplands ⁽²⁾	Solway	Total
0.1 - 4.9	11	12	19	27	5	5	5	7	5	4	7	107
5.0 - 9.9	48	32	67	103	40	46	14	44	25	44	27	491
10.0 - 14.9	25	25	43	61	33	13	23	52	43	37	71	425
15.0 - 19.9	35	32	26	69	13	0	0	59	55	6	115	411
20.0 +	66	0	113	65	49	0	68	19	153	21	211	766
All sizes	185	101	268	324	140	65	109	181	281	113	432	2,200

(1) Size refers to the area of fodder crops grown on the holding

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

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