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

Supporting documents

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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