Publication - Statistics
Results from the December 2012 Scottish Agricultural Survey
This publication contains results from the 2012 December Agricultural Survey covering
winter sown crops, hay and silage production, livestock and machinery. It provides
commentary and graphics on the latest annual changes and trends over the past ten years,
together with comparisons with June Census results.
Table 7 Machinery for information collected on even years of the December survey 2002 to 2012
| 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | Percentage change between 2010 & 2012 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drying and storage | number | number | number | number | number | number | |
| Grain driers (complete installations): | |||||||
| Continuous flow (including mobile driers) | 1,168 | 1,098 | 1,071 | 936 | 928 | 894 | -3.7% |
| Batch (including mobile driers) | 1,959 | 1,958 | 1,928 | 1,960 | 1,840 | 1,953 | 6.1% |
| On floor or in bins | 2,103 | 1,838 | 1,467 | 1,442 | 1,330 | 1,086 | -18.3% |
| Mobile engine-driven fan | 370 | 358 | 327 | 346 | 267 | 209 | -21.7% |
| Transport: | |||||||
| Lorries, vans and pick-ups: | |||||||
| Up to 2 tonnes capacity | 7,723 | 7,820 | 9,206 | 9,000 | 9,190 | 9,110 | -0.9% |
| 2 tonnes capacity and over | 1,765 | 1,815 | 1,793 | 2,002 | 2,281 | 2,483 | 8.9% |
| All-terrain vehicles: | |||||||
| 3 and 4 wheeled motorcycles | 8,718 | 9,307 | 10,053 | 10,316 | 10,973 | 11,427 | 4.1% |
| 8 wheeler and other types | 322 | 336 | 457 | 440 | 523 | 782 | 49.5% |
| Miscellaneous: | |||||||
| Feed mills, feed mixers and combined mill/mixers | 3,973 | 3,757 | 3,515 | 3,200 | 3,192 | 3,023 | -5.3% |
| Field crop or fruit sprayers (mounted or trailed) | 5,187 | 4,750 | 4,568 | 4,228 | 4,293 | 4,431 | 3.2% |
| Drainage and ditching equipment (mounted or self propelled) | 4,024 | 3,700 | 3,697 | 3,556 | 3,794 | 3,723 | -1.9% |
| Stand-by generators | 4,513 | 4,725 | 5,247 | 5,371 | 5,436 | 5,160 | -5.1% |
| General purpose elevators (for bales, sacks, etc) | 2,937 | 2,297 | 1,861 | 1,544 | 1,332 | 1,125 | -15.5% |
| Moveable augers and pneumatic conveyors | 8,565 | 7,091 | 6,531 | 5,741 | 5,285 | 5,032 | -4.8% |
| Cultivation: | |||||||
| Tractor ploughs: | |||||||
| Reversible | 8,137 | 8,091 | 7,745 | 7,474 | 7,506 | 7,680 | 2.3% |
| Non-reversible | 5,380 | 4,627 | 4,200 | 3,445 | 3,350 | 3,201 | -4.4% |
| Ridging | 4,024 | 3,778 | 3,316 | 2,741 | 2,818 | 2,649 | -6.0% |
| Rollers (complete sets) | 13,052 | 12,068 | 11,200 | 10,665 | 10,373 | 9,911 | -4.5% |
| Planting and fertilizer dist | |||||||
| Mechanical dung spreaders | 9,246 | 8,023 | 7,370 | 6,893 | 6,660 | 6,314 | -5.2% |
| Slurry and effluent tankers | 4,291 | 4,148 | 4,209 | 4,092 | 4,077 | 4,195 | 2.9% |
| Fertilizer distributers: | |||||||
| Solid | 13,175 | 12,173 | 12,083 | 10,898 | 10,948 | 10,487 | -4.2% |
| Liquid or gaseous | 263 | 216 | 200 | 229 | 188 | 188 | 0.0% |
| Harvesting: | |||||||
| Forage harvesting: | |||||||
| Single chop | 465 | 356 | 341 | 287 | 278 | 264 | -5.0% |
| Double chop | 563 | 424 | 331 | 309 | 296 | 205 | -30.7% |
| Metered chop | 1,607 | 1,448 | 1,304 | 1,168 | 1,074 | 985 | -8.3% |
| Pick-up forage wagons | 209 | 174 | 170 | 185 | 196 | 187 | -4.6% |
| Combine harvesters: | |||||||
| Under 12 feet (3.66 metres) cut | 1,131 | 1,027 | 982 | 880 | 748 | 633 | -15.4% |
| 12 feet (3.66 metres) and under 16 feet (4.88 metres) cut | 2,666 | 2,452 | 2,110 | 1,895 | 1,715 | 1,590 | -7.3% |
| 16 feet (4.88 metres) cut and over | 1,269 | 1,409 | 1,425 | 1,583 | 1,690 | 1,987 | 17.6% |
| Balers: | |||||||
| To make bales: under 2 hundredweights (100 kilogrammes) | 5,305 | 4,555 | 4,099 | 3,624 | 3,544 | 3,077 | -13.2% |
| over 2 hundredweights (100 kilogrammes) | 5,844 | 6,646 | 5,708 | 5,352 | 5,404 | 5,307 | -1.8% |
| Bale wrappers | 2,422 | 2,536 | 2,561 | 2,739 | 2,752 | 2,970 | 7.9% |
| Turnip and forage root harvesters | 1,662 | 1,358 | 1,285 | 1,094 | 1,080 | 884 | -18.1% |
Contact
Email: Graeme Kerr
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