Results from the June 2017 Scottish Agricultural Census
Statistics on farming in Scotland.
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Table 5. Number of pigs, 2007 to 2017
Final Results of the June 2017 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2007 to 2016 for comparison
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percentage change between 2016 & 2017 |
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Breeding herd | ||||||||||||
Sows in pig | 30,114 | 26,738 | 24,026 | 25,620 | 24,179 | 20,712 | 19,064 | 20,690 | 21,001 | 21,778 | 22,337 | 2.6% |
Gilts in pig | 3,830 | 3,530 | 3,069 | 5,681 | 5,253 | 5,376 | 5,459 | 4,568 | 4,933 | 4,432 | 5,098 | 15.0% |
Other sows | 6,231 | 6,671 | 6,150 | 7,625 | 6,906 | 5,793 | 4,261 | 4,970 | 4,900 | 4,748 | 4,609 | -2.9% |
Total breeding herd | 40,175 | 36,939 | 33,245 | 38,926 | 36,338 | 31,881 | 28,784 | 30,228 | 30,834 | 30,958 | 32,044 | 3.5% |
Barren sows for fattening | 762 | 709 | 495 | 552 | 735 | 941 | 668 | 610 | 767 | 708 | 669 | -5.5% |
Gilts 50 kg & over to be used for breeding | 6,136 | 3,883 | 5,478 | 6,415 | 5,163 | 5,265 | 5,418 | 5,007 | 6,783 | 4,239 | 3,824 | -9.8% |
Boars | 1,352 | 1,278 | 1,196 | 1,506 | 1,506 | 1,308 | 1,141 | 923 | 856 | 763 | 1,390 | 82.2% |
Other pigs | ||||||||||||
80 kg liveweight and over | 61,600 | 64,066 | 60,707 | 64,002 | 66,082 | 55,173 | 46,353 | 53,617 | 47,401 | 52,516 | 50,583 | -3.7% |
50 kg and under 80 kg liveweight | 87,999 | 89,676 | 82,868 | 86,883 | 73,595 | 70,726 | 60,792 | 60,528 | 64,451 | 68,725 | 68,971 | 0.4% |
20 kg and under 50 kg liveweight | 134,798 | 118,760 | 99,201 | 101,767 | 95,707 | 100,088 | 77,627 | 76,781 | 78,924 | 80,307 | 76,738 | -4.4% |
Under 20 kg liveweight | 123,847 | 120,592 | 112,856 | 110,651 | 110,869 | 98,057 | 87,053 | 88,604 | 87,732 | 91,990 | 91,648 | -0.4% |
Total Other pigs | 408,244 | 393,094 | 355,632 | 363,303 | 346,253 | 324,044 | 271,825 | 279,530 | 278,508 | 293,538 | 287,940 | -1.9% |
Total pigs | 456,669 | 435,903 | 396,046 | 410,702 | 389,995 | 363,439 | 307,836 | 316,298 | 317,748 | 330,206 | 325,867 | -1.3% |
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