Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2024
Final results and detailed tables from the 2024 June Agricultural Census on land use, crop areas, livestock and the number of people working on agricultural holdings.
Module results on slurry storage and agricultural machinery are also included within this publication.
Pig numbers decrease compared with the five year average
In 2024, the number of pigs decreased by 6.5% to 315,500 when compared with the five year average.
Pigs are categorised as follows: breeding herd (sows in pig, gilts in pig, and other sows) and ‘other pigs’ (barren sows for fattening, gilts used for breeding, boars, and liveweight pigs).
In 2024, the numbers of ‘other pigs’ was 278,700 a decrease of 6.0% compared with the five year average.
Figure 11: Number of pigs, 2014 to 2024
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