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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), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Fungicides	Direct sown grass		Undersown grass		Grass 1 to 4 years		Grass over 5 years		Rough grazing		Total 2017	Total 2017	2013 ⁽¹⁾	2013 ⁽¹⁾
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Azoxystrobin/chlorothalonil	0	0	120	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	120	34	0	0
Bixafen/prothioconazole	0	0	83	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	11	0	0
Boscalid/epoxiconazole	0	0	92	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	19	409	72
Chlorothalonil	0	0	1,511	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,511	738	1,083	463
Cyprodinil	0	0	299	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	299	83	472	127
Epoxiconazole/fenpropimorph	0	0	91	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	18	0	0
Epoxiconazole/fenpropimorph/metrafenone	0	0	551	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	551	172	472	68
Epoxiconazole/isopyrazam	0	0	96	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	11	0	0
Fenpropimorph	0	0	91	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	21	327	49
Fenpropimorph/pyraclostrobin	0	0	118	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	118	31	152	36
Fluoxastrobin/prothioconazole/trifloxystrobin	0	0	842	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	842	121	1,251	196
Fluxapyroxad	0	0	120	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	120	3	0	0
Folpet	0	0	87	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	37	672	244

Cont…

Table 4: Grassland fungicide formulations – 2017 continued

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Fungicides	Direct sown grass		Undersown grass		Grass 1 to 4 years		Grass over 5 years		Rough grazing		Total 2017	Total 2017	2013 ⁽¹⁾	2013 ⁽¹⁾
Fungicides	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Penthiopyrad	0	0	259	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	259	27	0	0
Prothioconazole	0	0	282	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	282	21	473	45
Prothioconazole/spiroxamine	0	0	349	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	349	55	1,070	249
Prothioconazole/tebuconazole	0	0	932	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	932	121	1,621	177
Prothioconazole/trifloxystrobin	0	0	1,142	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,142	133	858	75
All fungicides	0	0	7,065	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,065	1,656	12,081	2,508
Area grown	19,587		7,563		186,667		1,112,553		3,037,615		4,363,985		4,400,870

(1) For a full list of formulations recorded in 2013 please refer to the 2013 report ⁽³⁾

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