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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Agricultural census: results

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Table 5. Number of pigs, 2002 to 2012

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Percentage change between 2011 & 2012
Breeding herd
Sows in pig	37,862	34,407	35,800	32,337	31,026	30,114	26,738	24,026	25,620	24,179	20,712	-14.3%
Gilts in pig	7,899	7,526	5,276	4,197	4,529	3,830	3,530	3,069	5,681	5,253	5,376	2.3%
Other sows	9,864	7,644	7,754	7,179	6,252	6,231	6,671	6,150	7,625	6,906	5,793	-16.1%
Total breeding herd	55,625	49,577	48,830	43,713	41,807	40,175	36,939	33,245	38,926	36,338	31,881	*-12.3%*
Barren sows for fattening	1,224	961	1,184	812	820	762	709	495	552	735	941	*28.0%*
Gilts 50 kg & over to be used for breeding	4,717	5,311	4,641	5,260	6,322	6,136	3,883	5,478	6,415	5,163	5,265	*2.0%*
Boars	2,147	1,774	1,600	1,465	1,409	1,352	1,278	1,196	1,506	1,506	1,308	*-13.1%*
Other pigs
80 kg liveweight and over	62,255	70,467	64,037	78,346	66,941	61,600	64,066	60,702	64,002	66,082	55,173	-16.5%
50 kg and under 80 kg liveweight	117,321	98,120	88,763	87,019	95,156	87,999	89,676	82,868	86,883	73,595	70,726	-3.9%
20 kg and under 50 kg liveweight	132,054	118,909	127,112	122,815	127,210	134,798	118,760	99,201	101,767	95,707	100,088	4.6%
Under 20 kg liveweight	150,933	143,137	133,537	129,582	124,060	123,847	120,592	112,856	110,651	110,869	98,057	-11.6%
Total Other pigs	462,563	430,633	413,449	417,762	413,367	408,244	393,094	355,627	363,303	346,253	324,044	*-6.4%*
Total pigs	526,276	488,256	469,704	469,012	463,725	456,669	435,903	396,041	410,702	389,995	363,439	*-6.8%*

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