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Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2017

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2017.

Area (ha) of fodder crops grown in Scotland

Size ⁽¹⁾ (ha)	H&I ⁽²⁾	C&O ⁽²⁾	Moray Firth	Abdn ⁽²⁾	Angus	East Fife	Lothian	Central Low-lands	Tweed Valley	S. Uplands ⁽²⁾	Solway	Scotland ⁽³⁾
0.1 - 4.9	419	339	509	887	172	79	42	309	144	105	161	3,165
5.0 - 9.9	308	408	538	1,040	392	167	116	553	270	304	513	4,611
10.0 - 14.9	272	99	354	520	211	82	113	351	347	132	564	3,047
15.0 - 19.9	106	65	216	323	50	49	17	208	256	245	323	1,856
20.0 +	165	106	456	526	246	21	299	306	303	179	680	3,286
All sizes	1,270	1,017	2,073	3,296	1,071	398	587	1,727	1,320	964	2,241	15,965

(1) Size refers to the area of fodder crops grown on the holding

(2) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, S. Uplands = Southern Uplands

(3) These areas do not include the estimated 339 hectares of stubble turnips as this is not recorded on the census (refer to Appendix 3)

Note: Data taken from the 2017 June Agricultural Census ⁽¹¹⁾

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