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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.

Appendix 2: Survey statistics

Census and sample information

Table 16: Regional distribution of grassland and rough grazing crop areas in 2021

Census area (ha) of grassland and rough grazing grown in Scotland

	Highlands & Islands	Caithness & Orkney	Moray Firth	Aberdeen	Angus	East Fife	Lothian	Central Lowlands	Tweed Valley	Southern Uplands	Solway	Scotland 2021	Scotland 2017	% change
Grass under 5 years	10,440	12,159	15,993	33,359	14,703	5,668	5,828	23,234	14,427	9,426	21,608	166,844	206,254	-19
Grass over 5 years	217,295	74,002	58,336	99,913	34,724	19,591	23,563	244,743	64,254	129,301	164,334	1,130,056	1,112,553	2
Rough grazing	2,230,277	83,300	150,466	41,681	40,745	2,582	16,990	129,744	30,855	289,440	56,455	3,072,535	3,037,615	1

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