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Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2023 Methodology Report

Published: 20 December 2023
From: Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate, +1 more … Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Part of: Farming and rural

Summary of quality-related information on the June Agricultural Census 2023 results and 2022 estimates.

Uncertainty estimates for multiply imputed items

To review the methodology around imputation please see section Data Collection: treatment of non-responses.

A downloadable copy of this table can be found here.

Census item	Mean	95% CI (lower limit)	95% CI (upper limit)
Wheat	107,166	107,089	107,243
Barley	295,821	295,690	295,951
Oats	26,182	26,112	26,252
Oilseed rape	40,741	40,661	40,821
Triticale	258	256	261
Rye	7,197	7,182	7,213
Linseed	49	39	60
Ware potatoes	14,851	14,834	14,868
Seed potatoes	11,743	11,714	11,772
Stockfeed	15,773	15,747	15,799
Fruit grown in open	759	753	765
Vegetables for human consumption	21,467	21,440	21,494
Bulbs, flowers, nursery stock	1,224	1,200	1,248
Protected crops open soil	1,301	1,272	1,329
Protected crops solid floor	84	81	86
Grass under five years	158,266	158,109	158,422
Grass over five years	1,183,198	1,181,732	1,184,663
Fallow under five years	23,117	22,998	23,235
Fallow under five years	5,508	5,265	5,750
Ewes	2,509,773	2,506,545	2,513,001
Rams	88,923	88,691	89,155
Sheep for breeding over 1	576,743	575,350	578,136
Other sheep	235,346	233,126	237,566
Lambs	3,199,876	3,195,674	3,204,078
Sows in pig	21,790	21,438	22,142
Gilts in pig	5,268	5,036	5,500
Other sows for breeding	4,088	3,916	4,260
Barren sows for fattening	1,010	964	1,056
Gilts 50kg and over to be used for breeding	8,248	8,024	8,472
Boars being used for service	785	758	812
Fattening pigs	167,787	164,604	170,970
Piglets suckling	66,358	64,261	68,455
Ducks	17,223	16,854	17,592
Geese	4,307	4,261	4,353
Horses	27,890	27,790	27,990
Goats	5,809	5,718	5,900
Donkeys	1,069	1,059	1,079
Alpacas	1,445	1,422	1,468
Llamas	238	229	247
Other camelids	23	21	25
Farmed deer	14,890	14,533	15,247
Bees	6,505	6,327	6,683

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