Publication - Statistics

Results from the June 2016 Scottish Agriculture Census

Published: 25 October 2016
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic: Farming and rural
ISBN: 9781786525628

Statistics regarding the area of crops and other farmland, livestock, agriculture workforce and rented farmland, for Scotland in 2016.

Supporting documents

Appendix of tables

Final Results of the June 2016 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2006 to 2015 for comparison

Table 1a. Agricultural area in hectares, 2006 to 2016

From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form ( SAF) for holdings claiming Basic Payment Scheme entitlements (previously 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.

				b Step change - use of SAF Data
	2006	2007	2008	2009 ⁽¹⁾	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Percentage change between 2015 & 2016
Cereals
Wheat	99,681	102,744	113,797	92,482	111,418	115,412	100,637	86,840	109,023	109,562	109,594	0.0%
Triticale	1,286	1,237	1,096	612	687	629	554	513	519	626	614	-1.8%
Barley	274,402	278,644	319,934	332,161	290,299	308,425	332,039	339,138	326,884	307,686	286,930	-6.7%
Winter barley	53,762	52,625	57,612	45,149	47,948	45,477	42,816	42,694	52,507	51,808	48,031	-7.3%
Spring barley	220,640	226,019	262,322	287,011	242,351	262,948	289,222	296,444	274,377	255,878	238,899	-6.6%
Oats	22,682	20,868	21,720	22,299	22,981	21,715	23,672	31,728	25,050	25,615	31,210	21.8%
Winter oats	6,618	7,234	6,529	5,225	7,366	6,929	5,423	5,569	7,998	7,586	8,091	6.7%
Spring oats	16,064	13,634	15,191	17,074	15,615	14,785	18,249	26,159	17,052	18,029	23,119	28.2%
Rye ⁽²⁾	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	405	915	3,725	306.9%
Mixed grain	461	405	239	1,230	893	923	807	1,373	646	75	18	-76.2%
Total cereals ⁽³⁾	398,513	403,898	456,786	448,783	426,278	447,104	457,709	459,592	462,528	444,479	432,091	-2.8%
Oilseeds
Winter oilseed rape	30,978	34,276	31,623	26,948	34,115	36,918	35,541	31,454	36,420	35,198	30,141	-14.4%
Spring oilseed rape ⁽⁴⁾	2,764	2,058	2,000	2,182	1,876	1,470	1,070	2,199	720	599	590	-21.4%
Linseed ⁽⁴⁾	314	238	179	:	105	138	:	:	:	151	:	:
Total oilseeds	34,056	36,572	33,802	29,130	36,096	38,526	36,611	33,653	37,140	35,948	30,731	-14.5%

⁽¹⁾ From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form ( SAF) for holdings claiming Basic Payment Scheme entitlements (previously Single Farm Payments).
⁽²⁾ Area relates only to those holdings who have submitted a Single Application Form ( SAF). SAF holdings account for around 90% of land area in Scotland.
⁽³⁾ Total cereals figure includes rye from 2014. Rye was previously counted in 'other crops' (see table 1b).
⁽⁴⁾ In order to prevent disclosure of individual holding data, from 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016 a small area of linseed was added to the figure for spring oilseed rape
b break in time series
: not available

Final Results of the June 2016 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2006 to 2015 for comparison

Table 1b. Agricultural area in hectares, 2006 to 2016

				b Step change - use of SAF Data
	2006	2007	2008	2009 ⁽¹⁾	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Percentage change between 2015 & 2016
Peas for combining	1,490	1,790	1,480	2,025	1,668	1,198	682	537	616	1,470	776	-47.2%
Beans for combining	4,527	3,507	3,172	4,728	5,268	3,738	3,789	2,891	2,765	4,045	3,002	-25.8%
Total combine harvested crops	438,586	445,766	495,239	484,666	469,310	490,566	498,791	496,673	503,049	485,943	466,599	-4.0%
Potatoes
Seed	11,440	11,450	11,720	13,511	13,491	13,305	13,002	12,623	13,300	12,115	12,760	5.3%
Ware	16,711	17,868	18,116	18,187	17,876	17,768	16,534	16,486	15,211	13,649	14,766	8.2%
Total	28,151	29,318	29,836	31,697	31,368	31,073	29,536	29,109	28,511	25,764	27,525	6.8%
Crops for stockfeeding
Turnips/swedes	7,314	6,486	5,540	5,123	4,888	4,406	4,350	4,106	4,169	3,959	4,099	3.5%
Kale/cabbage	3,022	2,887	2,780	2,319	2,289	1,729	1,982	1,802	1,814	2,084	2,035	-2.3%
Maize	909	1,180	1,214	1,819	2,235	2,386	1,913	1,406	1,319	1,396	763	-45.4%
Rape	3,188	2,944	2,710	2,657	2,315	1,917	2,186	2,102	2,025	2,390	2,011	-15.8%
Fodder beet	350	417	577	667	630	594	584	465	392	487	437	-10.1%
Lupins	581	410	398	509	284	199	140	104	114	86	43	-50.8%
Other crops	10,773	10,399	9,387	9,302	10,396	8,759	8,668	9,106	8,742	7,441	7,073	-4.9%
Total crops for stockfeeding	26,137	24,722	22,605	22,395	23,037	19,989	19,823	19,091	18,574	17,843	16,460	-7.8%
Vegetables for human consumption	11,314	11,778	12,267	16,012	16,479	15,246	15,430	15,902	16,262	16,672	18,168	9.0%
Orchard fruit	39	45	47	37	49	67	69	86	89	111	98	-11.1%
Soft fruit	1,764	1,844	1,889	2,140	2,028	1,981	1,734	1,769	1,746	1,809	1,878	3.8%
Other crops ⁽²⁾	9,088	9,675	8,358	7,496	7,690	8,990	8,011	8,302	8,877	11,447	8,507	-25.7%

Final Results of the June 2016 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2006 to 2015 for comparison

Table 1c. Agricultural area in hectares, 2006 to 2016

				b Step change - use of SAF Data
	2006	2007	2008	2009 ⁽¹⁾	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 ⁽⁵⁾	2016	Percentage change between 2015 & 2016
Fallow ⁽²⁾	17,724	15,085	14,330	22,166	21,934	15,055	15,478	15,831	11,910	33,110	43,008	29.9%
Fallow - under 5 years	:	:	:	:	18,798	10,988	11,306	12,955	7,447	30,061	40,217	33.8%
Fallow - 5th year & over	:	:	:	:	3,136	4,068	4,171	2,875	4,463	3,049	2,791	-8.5%
Set-aside ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	67,549	62,433	17,815	584	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z
Total crops, fallow, and set-aside	600,352	600,667	602,386	586,609	571,895	582,968	588,873	586,761	589,017	592,698	582,243	-1.8%
Grass ⁽⁵⁾b
Grass - under 5 years	321,476	316,026	300,838	415,531	422,623	411,179	428,538	439,061	425,742	212,964	210,080	-1.4%
Grass - 5th year & over	922,100	919,123	917,738	945,298	954,646	946,372	896,649	882,165	882,387	1,127,964	1,117,854	-0.9%
Total grass	1,243,576	1,235,149	1,218,576	1,360,828	1,377,268	1,357,551	1,325,187	1,321,226	1,308,129	1,340,928	1,327,934	-1.0%
Total crops and grass	1,843,929	1,835,816	1,820,963	1,947,438	1,949,163	1,940,519	1,914,059	1,907,987	1,897,146	1,933,625	1,910,177	-1.2%
Rough grazing	3,441,133	3,407,194	3,434,016	3,217,955	3,192,860	3,119,241	3,080,483	3,064,184	3,056,855	2,949,100	3,084,581	4.6%
Woodland	249,293	279,851	317,341	350,836	399,805	426,101	445,425	466,759	479,359	524,026	502,399	-4.1%
Other land	80,395	74,524	74,585	68,689	101,563	139,298	164,147	165,078	162,607	169,668	154,995	-8.6%
Total sole right agricultural area	5,614,750	5,597,386	5,646,906	5,584,918	5,643,391	5,625,159	5,604,114	5,604,008	5,595,967	5,576,420	5,652,152	1.4%
Common grazings	595,334	594,440	593,504	591,901	583,728	583,331	583,686	583,729	584,263	584,247	584,225	0.0%

⁽¹⁾ From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form ( SAF) for holdings claiming Basic Payment Scheme entitlements (previously Single Farm Payments)
⁽²⁾ Information on land that has been fallow for more than five years and less than 5 years was collected for the first time in 2010
⁽³⁾ Set-aside entitlements under the Single Farm Payment Scheme ceased in 2009.
⁽⁴⁾ Note that some crop areas on land attracting set-aside entitlements under the Single Farm Payment Scheme in 2008 may not have been reported on the June Agricultural Census. Conversely, the set-aside estimate could include some land used for non-industrial arable, forage and protein crops.
⁽⁵⁾ Change in definitions of grass used in June Agricultural Census to "Rotational grass under 5 years" and "Permanent grassland"
b break in time series
: not available - question was not previously asked on the June Agricultural Census
z not applicable

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