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Publication - Statistics

Results from the June 2017 Scottish Agricultural Census

Published
11 October 2017
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Part of
Farming and rural
ISBN
9781788512862

Statistics on farming in Scotland.

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Table 2a. Area of vegetables for human consumption, bulbs & soft fruit grown in the open 2007 to 2017

Final Results of the June 2017 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2007 to 2016 for comparison

From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form ( SAF) for holdings claiming Basic Payment Scheme entitlements (previously Single Farm Payments). This has been combined with land use data from all other holdings, collected through June Census forms, to generate overall results.

This change in the underlying data source constitutes a step change in the data series, which is more evident for certain land use categories.

2007 2008 b Step change - use of SAF Data Percentage
change between
2016 & 2017
2009 (1) 2010 2011 (2) 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Vegetables for human consumption
Peas for canning, freezing or drying 3,793 4,478 6,296 6,549 6,276 6,553 6,559 6,922 7,029 7,540 7,808 3.5%
Beans for canning, freezing or drying 373 425 899 1,011 996 1,193 1,153 1,018 1,469 1,789 1,767 -1.2%
Turnips/swedes 1,773 1,803 2,050 1,878 1,614 1,595 1,644 1,516 1,479 1,491 1,413 -5.2%
Calabrese 991 968 1,315 1,328 1,276 1,170 1,325 1,304 1,513 1,575 1,794 13.9%
Cauliflower 322 336 156 235 265 167 152 186 218 309 330 7.0%
Carrots 2,400 2,328 2,488 2,868 2,463 2,533 2,836 3,100 2,877 3,252 3,752 15.4%
Other vegetables 2,365 2,165 2,807 2,611 2,355 2,219 2,233 2,217 2,086 2,211 2,682 21.3%
Total vegetables 11,778 12,267 16,012 16,479 15,246 15,430 15,902 16,262 16,672 18,168 19,546 7.6%
Bulbs, flowers & hardy nursery stock 909 987 1,048 1,014 1,037 1,174 1,185 1,276 946 942 964 2.4%
Soft fruit grown in the open
Strawberries (2) 809 919 946 931 783 186 141 95 23 73 77 4.6%
Raspberries (2) 477 544 577 540 460 205 185 123 148 128 127 -0.3%
Blueberries : : : : : : : 18 35 18 25 41.0%
Blackcurrants and other fruit 500 404 502 443 423 417 458 432 391 386 487 26.4%
Total Soft Fruit grown in the open 1,787 1,866 2,025 1,913 1,666 808 783 668 597 604 816 35.1%

(1) From 2009, data on land use has been obtained from the Single Application Form ( SAF) for holdings claiming Basic Payment Scheme entitlements (previously Single Farm Payments). This has been combined with land use data from all other holdings collected through June Census forms, to generate overall results.

(2) From 2011 onwards, areas of strawberries and raspberries include areas grown under glass as well as areas grown in the open field. Figures prior to 2010 only include areas grown in the open field

b break in time series

: not available - question wasn't previously asked on the June Agricultural Census (blueberries were included in other fruit until 2014)

z not applicable

Contact

Email: agric.stats@gov.scot

Telephone: Central Enquiries Unit 0300 244 4000

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