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.
Direct support payments have been increasing
Most support payments are made through the Basic Payment Scheme. This is a support payment made for farming activity. Other support schemes are made available for non- agricultural activity such as 'Greening' to help environmental sustainability or 'LFASS' which is a support payment paid to those farming in upland and remote areas where there are natural disadvantages.
Total support payments to farming in 2020 - £452 million
The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) payments fell to £30 m in 2020. Other indirect support payments included £138 million in Greening payments and £2 million was made available to the Rural Priorities Scheme.
In total indirect payments decreased by nine per cent in 2020.
A further £40 million in support payments were made to support livestock production. Together these support payments accounted for 63 per cent of TIFF, which has remained consistent with previous year.
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Email: christina.coakley@gov.scot
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