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 5: Fodder crop insecticide and mollusicide formulations – 2021

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

Insecticides Arable silage Fodder beet Fodder rape Kale & cabbage Maize Stubble turnips Turnips & swedes Other fodder(1) Total 2021 Total 2021 2017 (2) 2017 (2)
  ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Deltamethrin 0 0 0 0 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,266 29 0 0 1,295 8 364 3
Esfenvalerate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 2 0 0 142 1 0 0
Flonicamid 0 0 136 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 10 0 0
Lambda-cyhalothrin 31 1 0 0 18 1 33 2 0 0 0 0 858 18 35 3 974 12 333 6
All insecticides 31 1 136 11 47 2 33 2 0 0 0 0 2,266 42 35 3 2,547 30 897 9
Molluscicides                                        
Ferric phosphate 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 0 0 109 23 0 0 0 0 142 15 0 0
All molluscicides 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 0 0 109 23 0 0 0 0 142 15 140 26
Area grown (ha) 5,453 1,193 2,248 2,068 1,229 479 3,517 1,028 17,214 16,304

(1) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions.

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

Contact

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