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 2: Grassland fungicide formulations – 2021

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 2021 Total 2021 2017(1) 2017(1)
  ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Bixafen/prothioconazole 0 0 214 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 214 17 83 11
Cyflufenamid 0 0 144 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 1 0 0
Cyprodinil 0 0 895 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 895 152 299 83
Fluoxastrobin/ prothioconazole/ trifloxystrobin 0 0 695 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 695 74 842 121
Folpet 0 0 454 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 454 190 87 37
Prothioconazole/ spiroxamine 0 0 296 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 296 48 349 55
Prothioconazole/ tebuconazole 0 0 971 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 971 123 932 121
Prothioconazole/ trifloxystrobin 0 0 119 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 14 1,142 133
All fungicides 0 0 3,789 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,789 619 7,065 1,656
Sulphur 0 0 84 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 139 0 0
Area grown (ha) 24,388 9,193 166,844 1,130,056 3,072,535 4,403,017 4,363,985

(1) For a full list of formulations recorded in 2017 please refer to the 2017 report (3).

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