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Scottish Survey of Farm Structure and Methods, 2016
Scottish statistics from the EU Farm Structure Survey 2016.
Table 10: Method used for mating livestock
2013 | 2016 | |||||||
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ewes | cows | ewes | cows | |||||
number | holdings | number | holdings | number | holdings | number | holdings | |
Naturally mated to home-bred male | 1,751,715 | 8,359 | 244,115 | 6,395 | 1,516,893 | 7,342 | 230,813 | 4,656 |
Naturally mated to brought-in male | 1,499,256 | 7,758 | 362,737 | 7,213 | 1,521,028 | 6,127 | 306,550 | 5,276 |
Artificial insemination with unsexed semen | 25,744 | 862 | 114,642 | 4,976 | 13,687 | 228 | 126,765 | 2,173 |
Artificial insemination with sexed semen | 131 | 5 | 18,668 | 3,273 | 680 | 11 | 38,079 | 739 |
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