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Pesticide usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2021

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2021.

Table 5: Fodder crop insecticide and mollusicide formulations – 2021

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

Insecticides	Arable silage		Fodder beet		Fodder rape		Kale & cabbage		Maize		Stubble turnips		Turnips & swedes		Other fodder⁽¹⁾		Total 2021	Total 2021	2017 ⁽²⁾	2017 ⁽²⁾
	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	%	ha	kg	ha	kg
Deltamethrin	0	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,266	29	0	0	1,295	8	364	3
Esfenvalerate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	142	2	0	0	142	1	0	0
Flonicamid	0	0	136	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	136	10	0	0
Lambda-cyhalothrin	31	1	0	0	18	1	33	2	0	0	0	0	858	18	35	3	974	12	333	6
All insecticides	31	1	136	11	47	2	33	2	0	0	0	0	2,266	42	35	3	2,547	30	897	9
Molluscicides
Ferric phosphate	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	109	23	0	0	0	0	142	15	0	0
All molluscicides	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	2	0	0	109	23	0	0	0	0	142	15	140	26
Area grown (ha)	5,453		1,193		2,248		2,068		1,229		479		3,517		1,028		17,214		16,304

(1) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions.

(2) For a full list of formulations recorded in 2017 please refer to the 2017 report⁽³⁾.

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