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Pesticide usage - arable crops and potato stores 2018: survey results

Information from a survey of pesticide use on arable crops and potato stores in Scotland during 2018.

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Seed treatments	Oilseed Rape 2018⁽¹⁾		Oilseed Rape 2018⁽¹⁾	2016	2016
Seed treatments	ha	%	kg	ha	kg
Prochloraz/thiram	26,764	82	315	25,368	290
Thiram	1,430	4	8	1,021	8
Unspecified seed treatment⁽²⁾	1,380	4	N/A	400	N/A
All seed treatments	29,574	89	323	26,789	298
No information seed treatment⁽²⁾	3,091	9	N/A	759	N/A
No seed treatment	456	1	N/A	2,594	N/A
Area grown	32,735			30,142

(1) Oilseed rape figures from 2018 include spring oilseed rape. No spring oilseed rape crops were sampled in 2016

(2) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

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