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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

Total poultry in 2024 was 12.0 million

There was an estimated 5.98 million poultry birds for egg production in 2024 and 4.81 million birds for meat production. Estimates from 2023 are not comparable to previous years due to methodological improvements.

Figure 10: Number of birds for meat and egg production, 2014 to 2024

Line chart with two lines for birds for meat and birds for egg production between 2014 and 2024. In 2014 there were more birds for meat production (7.80 million birds) compared with birds for egg production (5.71 million birds). In 2015 the number of birds becomes similar until 2021. In 2024 there were 4.81 million birds for meat production and 5.98 million birds for eggs production.

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Email: agric.stats@gov.scot

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Total poultry in 2024 was 12.0 million

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