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Scottish agricultural survey: December 2017
Annual agricultural survey based on data from larger agricultural holdings together with estimates for smaller farms.
Table 7: Machinery, 2007 to 2017 (1)(2)
| detailed questions asked in alternate years | summary questions asked | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | |
| Cultivation | 49,105 | 47,808 | 47,439 | 46,714 | 45,824 | 45,006 | 43,694 | 41,052 | 38,411 | 39,621 | 40,786 |
| Planting and Fertiliser Distribution | 30,842 | 29,941 | 29,796 | 29,468 | 28,915 | 28,254 | 27,348 | 25,471 | 23,594 | 23,393 | 24,014 |
| Field crop or fruit sprayers | 4,398 | 4,228 | 4,261 | 4,293 | 4,362 | 4,431 | 4,136 | 3,841 | 4,653 | 4,530 | 4,607 |
| Combine harvesters | 4,438 | 4,358 | 4,256 | 4,153 | 4,182 | 4,210 | 4,047 | 3,884 | 3,813 | 3,811 | 3,997 |
| Harvesting | 45,859 | 44,669 | 43,932 | 43,575 | 42,912 | 41,398 | 39,931 | 33,770 | 27,609 | 28,999 | 29,510 |
| Load handling and Transporting | 58,610 | 58,154 | 57,917 | 57,713 | 57,612 | 56,472 | 54,970 | 47,673 | 40,376 | 40,453 | 42,138 |
| Drying and storage | 4,739 | 4,684 | 4,525 | 4,365 | 4,254 | 4,142 | 4,012 | 3,882 | 3,391 | 3,434 | 3,705 |
| Mounted hedge cutters | 833 | 838 | 843 | 877 | 910 | 994 | 1,077 | 1,129 | 1,181 | 1,134 | 1,191 |
| Drainage and ditching equipment | 3,627 | 3,556 | 3,675 | 3,794 | 3,759 | 3,723 | 3,652 | 3,580 | 4,372 | 4,404 | 4,478 |
| Feed mills, feed mixers and combined mill/mixers | 3,358 | 3,200 | 3,196 | 3,192 | 3,108 | 3,023 | 2,895 | 2,767 | 3,367 | 3,533 | 3,728 |
| Milking parlours | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | 987 | 956 | 942 |
| Cattle weighing crushes | 2,442 | 2,379 | 2,315 | 2,403 | 2,491 | 2,411 | 2,331 | 2,575 | 2,818 | 3,229 | 3,215 |
| Stand-by generators | 5,309 | 5,371 | 5,404 | 5,436 | 5,298 | 5,160 | 5,077 | 4,993 | 5,636 | 5,921 | 5,700 |
| Number of main holdings 1 | 26,063 | 25,272 | 26,188 | 26,545 | 23,943 | 24,373 | 24,693 | 21,807 | 23,323 | 23,240 | 26,267 |
| Agricultural area on main holdings 1 | 5,317,550 | 5,297,565 | 5,328,898 | 5,344,808 | 5,326,948 | 5,273,855 | 5,326,792 | 5,246,086 | 5,227,446 | 5,226,033 | 5,391,964 |
(1) Figures for tractors and transport are based on estimates for all main holdings only, the numbers of which change from year to year.
(2) From 2015, only summary machinery data was collected (as opposed to data for individual sub-categories). Comparisons with previous years should be made with caution.
See section 9 of the publication for more information.
: not available - question on milking parlours introduced in 2015
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