Pesticide usage in Scotland 2016: soft fruit crops
A revised version of this report has been issued to correct inaccuracies in active substance application weight data that were overestimated in the original report. This issue only affects certain herbicide active substances in relation to quantity applied. Please do not use the original version of this report as this has now been replaced by the revised 2020 report: Pesticide usage in Scotland 2016: soft fruit crops – revised 2020.
This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on soft fruit crops grown in Scotland during 2016.
Appendix 2: Survey statistics
Census and sample information
Table 37 Census crop areas 2016
Census area (ha) of arable crops grown in Scotland
| Scotland 2016 | Scotland 2014 | % change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry | 993 | 913 | 9 |
| Raspberry | 326 | 311 | 5 |
| Blackcurrants | 302 | 308 | -2 |
| Blueberries | 132 | 45 | 192 |
| Mixed and other soft fruits | 122 | 166 | -27 |
| All soft fruit | 1,876 | 1,744 | 8 |
Note: Data taken from the 2016 and 2014 June Agricultural Census.
All areas exclude multi-cropping.
It was estimated from crops encountered in the 2016 sample, that 7 ha of the mixed and other soft fruit categories in the census were raspberry, strawberry, blueberry or blackcurrant
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