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 25: Census area of fodder crops - 2017

Area (ha) of fodder crops grown in Scotland

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 Scotland (3)
0.1 - 4.9 419 339 509 887 172 79 42 309 144 105 161 3,165
5.0 - 9.9 308 408 538 1,040 392 167 116 553 270 304 513 4,611
10.0 - 14.9 272 99 354 520 211 82 113 351 347 132 564 3,047
15.0 - 19.9 106 65 216 323 50 49 17 208 256 245 323 1,856
20.0 + 165 106 456 526 246 21 299 306 303 179 680 3,286
All sizes 1,270 1,017 2,073 3,296 1,071 398 587 1,727 1,320 964 2,241 15,965

(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

(3) These areas do not include the estimated 339 hectares of stubble turnips 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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