Publication - Statistics

Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2024

Published: 24 October 2024
From: Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate, +1 more … Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural

Final results 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.

Supporting documents

Steady decline in number of beef cows as number of dairy cows increase

Over the past decade there has been a 12% decline in the total beef breeding herd, with a total beef breeding herd of 382,600 in 2024.

The total number of dairy cows has increased by 5.8% over the past 10 years from 169,700 in 2014 to 179,600 in 2024.

Figure 8: Beef and dairy breeding herd cow numbers, 2014 to 2024

Line chart with two lines presenting the number of beef and dairy cows (breeding herd cows) between 2014 and 2024. Beef cows have decreased from 436,500 in 2014 to 382,600 in 2024. Dairy cows have increased between 2014 and 2024 from 169,700 to 179,600 .

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Steady decline in number of beef cows as number of dairy cows increase

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