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Publication - Statistics

Pesticide usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2021

Published
26 October 2022
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Farming and rural
ISBN
9781805250166

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2021.

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Table 3: Grassland herbicide formulations - 2021

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

Herbicides 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
2,4-D 85 <0.5 0 0 261 0 1,776 <0.5 0 0 2,121 3,097 2,120 2,518
2,4-D/dicamba 71 <0.5 0 0 608 <0.5 1,723 <0.5 0 0 2,403 2,890 917 447
2,4-D/glyphosate 0 0 0 0 40 <0.5 0 0 0 0 40 81 207 331
2,4-D/MCPA 974 4 673 7 959 1 6,335 1 2,635 <0.5 11,575 20,693 2,888 5,307
2,4-DB 62 <0.5 100 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 156 4,577 5,033
Amidosulfuron 354 1 896 10 799 0 94 <0.5 0 0 2,144 76 1,049 42
Aminopyralid/triclopyr 0 0 0 0 157 <0.5 2,626 <0.5 0 0 2,783 1,233 4,436 2,185
Asulam* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 <0.5 42 187 6,028 24,817
Clopyralid/florasulam/ fluroxypyr 142 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 26 177 32
Clopyralid/fluroxypyr/ triclopyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 247 <0.5 0 0 247 223 606 441
Clopyralid/triclopyr 202 1 0 0 1,746 1 10,087 1 1,794 <0.5 13,829 5,517 7,398 2,649
Dicamba/mecoprop-P 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 <0.5 0 0 83 56 69 40
Florasulam/fluroxypyr 1,195 5 0 0 0 0 200 <0.5 0 0 1,394 209 522 60
Fluroxypyr 880 3 673 7 1,938 1 10,523 1 0 0 14,014 3,822 11,426 3,191
Fluroxypyr/triclopyr 252 1 0 0 1,613 1 6,589 1 0 0 8,454 3,547 9,871 4,413
Glyphosate 2,253 9 0 0 168 <0.5 3,281 <0.5 450 <0.5 6,152 10,292 4,721 6,200
MCPA 701 3 1,624 18 750 0 6,511 1 504 <0.5 10,090 13,722 17,140 23,761
Mecoprop-P 115 <0.5 144 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 259 166 0 0
Thifensulfuron-methyl 0 0 0 0 48 <0.5 33 <0.5 0 0 81 1 332 3
Tribenuron-methyl 38 0 424 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 462 4 3,802 21
Unspecified herbicide 59 0 0 0 526 <0.5 0 0 0 0 585 [z] 355 [z]
All herbicides 7,383 23 4,533 34 9,614 5 50,109 3 5,426 <0.5 77,064 65,995 79,274 81,815
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).

(2) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions.

Note: some shorthand is used in this table: [z] = not applicable.

*The asulam treated area and weight applied will be underestimated as only one holding applying asulam was encountered in the 2021 sample and none applied via aerial application. The majority of asulam used in Scotland is applied by helicopter. Fera Science Ltd reported that 3,128 ha of bracken were treated with 13,763 kg of asulam via areal application in Scotland in 2021.

Contact

Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot

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