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Publication - Statistics

Results from the June 2012 Scottish Agricultural Census

Published
25 September 2012
ISBN
9781782561156

Final results from the annual agricultural census. Land, livestock and labour items.

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Table 3a. Number of cattle, 2002 to 2012

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Percentage
change between
2011 & 2012
Dairy herd
Cows and heifers in milk 173,568 172,678 168,994 170,491 171,768 170,842 166,447 162,381 160,209 158,326 158,479 0.1%
Cows in calf but not in milk 25,831 25,294 25,550 26,219 26,804 27,148 25,813 24,980 24,316 23,893 23,705 -0.8%
Total Dairy herd 199,399 197,972 194,544 196,710 198,572 197,990 192,260 187,361 184,525 182,219 182,184 0.0%
Beef herd
Cows and heifers in milk 389,444 386,241 394,614 393,303 388,979 378,772 374,286 362,167 368,351 368,792 365,191 -1.0%
Cows in calf but not in milk 99,345 100,892 98,259 99,016 98,215 93,452 90,889 88,650 88,580 90,549 87,247 -3.6%
Total Beef herd 488,789 487,133 492,873 492,319 487,194 472,224 465,175 450,817 456,931 459,341 452,438 -1.5%
Heifers in calf for the first time
Dairy HIC1st- 2 years and over 30,023 27,482 29,743 30,134 28,119 27,748 25,872 24,224 24,399 23,812 22,759 -4.4%
Dairy HIC1st - Under 2 years 16,139 15,395 16,607 16,146 16,188 16,907 16,755 16,111 16,031 17,551 17,913 2.1%
Beef HIC1st - 2 years and over 35,127 34,226 34,727 33,476 32,052 32,304 31,439 31,054 33,908 31,640 29,793 -5.8%
Beef HIC1st - Under 2 years 14,662 13,984 15,617 14,138 14,344 13,767 13,721 13,230 12,984 12,749 13,725 7.7%
Total HIC1st 95,951 91,087 96,694 93,894 90,703 90,726 87,787 84,619 87,322 85,752 84,190 -1.8%
Bulls for service
Bulls - 2 years and over 16,576 16,923 17,189 17,569 18,191 18,120 18,162 17,796 18,126 18,209 17,678 -2.9%
Bulls - Under 2 years 3,955 3,874 3,957 4,112 3,931 3,839 3,860 3,823 4,593 4,231 3,978 -6.0%
Total Bulls 20,531 20,797 21,146 21,681 22,122 21,959 22,022 21,619 22,719 22,440 21,656 -3.5%

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