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Pesticide usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2021
This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2021.
Table 15: Fodder crops, comparison with previous years
Pesticide usage in 2013, 2017 and 2021, area treated with formulations, active substances (a.s.) and weight (kg) applied
| 2013 | 2017 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | |
| ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | |
| Insecticides | 1,796 | 1,796 | 413 | 897 | 897 | 9 | 2,547 | 2,547 | 30 |
| Molluscicides | 126 | 126 | 25 | 140 | 140 | 26 | 142 | 142 | 15 |
| Fungicides | 6,030 | 10,312 | 1,553 | 885 | 1,800 | 208 | 2,247 | 3,770 | 533 |
| Sulphur | 49 | 49 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 119 | 495 |
| Herbicides | 17,574 | 23,658 | 11,769 | 11,074 | 15,631 | 7,647 | 14,355 | 18,515 | 9,090 |
| Growth regulators | 658 | 658 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 344 | 389 | 21 |
| Seed treatments | 15,703 | 19,907 | 557 | 11,265 | 14,020 | 222 | 5,416 | 7,302 | 135 |
| All pesticides | 41,935 | 56,505 | 14,740 | 24,262 | 32,488 | 8,111 | 25,064 | 32,784 | 10,318 |
| Area grown (ha) | 19,524 | 16,304 | 17,214 | ||||||
Note: unspecified treatments have been included in the formulation and active substance areas, however as their weights are unknown they cannot be included in the weight applied. Fodder crops include arable silage, fodder beet, fodder rape, kale & cabbage, maize stubble turnips and other mixes of fodder crops. It should be noted that there may be minor differences in the range of crops surveyed between years.
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