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Scottish Survey of Farm Structure and Methods, 2016
Scottish statistics from the EU Farm Structure Survey 2016.
Table 15: Method of manure and slurry application, by tonnage
2016 | ||
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holdings | tonnes | |
Broadcast | ||
Ploughed in within four hours | 920 | 385,842 |
Ploughed in after four hours | 5,146 | 2,117,346 |
Not ploughed in or injected | 4,957 | 9,322,483 |
Bandspread | ||
Trailing hose | 550 | 4178295 |
Trailing shoe | 294 | 602,161 |
Injection | ||
Shallow/open slot | 63 | 576,821 |
Deep/closed slot | 11 | 31,043 |
Total applied | 9,246 | 17,213,991 |
Note: no equivalent data available for 2013 Base: 32,260 holdings
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