Scottish Economic Statistics 2008

This is the ninth edition of the annual publication Scottish Economic Statistics, which is produced by statisticians in the Scottish Government.


Table 3.10: Net Farm Income and direct subsidies per farm, by type of farming, 2005-06 and 2006-07 1

2005-06

2006-07

Net Farm
Income
£/farm

Direct and
Other
Subsidies*
£/farm

Subsidies as
% of
Output
%

Subsidies as
% of NFI %

Net Farm
Income
£/farm

Single Farm
Payment and
Other Payments
£/farm

Payments as
% of
Output
%

Payments as
% of NFI %

LFA Sheep

4,800

24,400

48

513

1,500

22,700

47

1,539

LFA Beef

12,600

44,900

43

357

14,400

43,900

40

304

LFA Mixed Cattle & Sheep

11,700

51,600

45

442

11,300

48,900

42

431

Cereals

3,100

33,500

26

1,098

22,300

34,700

25

156

General Cropping

8,200

33,700

21

412

36,500

35,200

17

96

Dairy

21,300

24,600

12

115

33,500

30,800

14

92

Lowland Cattle and Sheep

9,800

32,400

39

331

21,200

40,000

34

189

Mixed

14,400

46,500

33

323

20,500

46,500

32

227

All

10,800

37,900

31

351

18,900

38,400

29

203

* Includes Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme ( LFASS).
1 All NFI and Direct Subsidy figures are shown to the nearest hundred £'s. Percentages are calculated from the unrounded figures and shown to the nearest 1%.

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