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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