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

A line chart comparing the value of the Basic Payment Scheme and indirect payments from 2015 to 2020.

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.

Contact

Email:  christina.coakley@gov.scot

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