Total Income from Farming Estimates: 2018-2020

Total Income from Farming (TIFF) is the official measure of the profit gained by the agriculture industry in Scotland. It provides a breakdown of the value of farm production, subsidies and costs.


Agriculture remains profitable without support payments

A line chart showing total income from farming with and without support payments from 2005 to 2020.

TIFF without support payments - £292 million

Without support payments, the agricultural sector as a whole has been profitable since 2010. However the trend in profitability without support has changed very little over the previous 10 years.

The Gross Value Added (GVA) from agriculture is estimated to be £1.4 billion in 2020. This figure is before support payments, and costs such as labour, rent, taxes and interest are taken into account.

Agriculture is around one per cent of Scotland's total Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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