Results from the June 2012 Scottish Agricultural Census

Final results from the annual agricultural census. Land, livestock and labour items.


Table 2b. Area of vegetables for human consumption, bulbs & soft fruit grown in the open (in hectares) and crops grown in glasshouses 2002 to 2012

From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form (SAF) for holdings claiming Single Farm Payments.
This has been combined with land use data from all other holdings, collected through June Census forms, to generate overall results.
This change in the underlying data source constitutes a step change in the data series, which is more evident for certain land use categories. Step

Step change - use of SAF Data
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009(1) 2010 2011(2) 2012 Percentage
change between
2011 & 2012
Glasshouses
Walk in plastic structures 53 57 69 73 80 104 70 150 158 344 1,000 190.4%
Glass clad structures 29 23 21 24 30 24 28 29 28 31 39 25.7%
Total plastic and glass clad structures 82 80 90 96 110 128 98 180 186 376 1,039 176.7%
Area of glasshouses which is:
Tomatoes 7 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 -16.5%
Strawberries - - - - - - - - - 218 699 220.3%
Raspberries - - - - - - - - - 54 186 244.8%
Other fruit - 25 28 25 55 55 20 113 112 40 38 -3.6%
Vegetables - 2 1 2 2 8 12 11 10 10 11 9.4%
Bedding and pot plants 19 17 16 17 15 15 19 20 20 22 23 3.8%
Hardy Nursery Stock 8 10 11 11 8 14 14 13 15 12 13 8.5%
Total fruit grown in the open and in glasshouses
Strawberries 670 629 678 682 769 809 919 946 931 1,001 885 -11.6%
Raspberries 571 523 519 468 425 477 544 577 540 514 391 -24.0%
Blackcurrants 415 409 405 420 396 363 269 312 311 282 276 -2.1%
Mixed fruit 84 88 93 106 115 138 135 190 132 140 141 0.7%
Tomatoes 7 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 -16.5%
Other fruit - 25 28 25 55 55 20 113 112 40 38 -3.6%
Total fruit grown in the open and in glasshouses 1,747 1,679 1,726 1,705 1,763 1,845 1,890 2,140 2,028 1,981 1,734 -12.4%

(1) From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form (SAF) for holdings claiming Single Farm Payments. This has been combined with land use data from all other holdings collected through June Census forms, to generate overall results.
(2) From 2011 onwards, areas of strawberries and raspberries include areas grown under glass as well as areas grown in the open field. Figures prior to 2010 only include areas grown in the open field

Contact

Email: agric.stats@gov.scot

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