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Annual Estimates of Scottish Farm Business Income (FBI) 2015
This publication contains farm business level estimates of average incomes for the accounting year 2013-14, relating to the 2013 crop year.
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Table 6a: Farm business income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2013-14
| Specialist Sheep (LFA) | Specialist Cattle (LFA) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance band | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% |
| Number of farms in sample | 11 | 41 | 11 | 33 | 133 | 34 |
| Average size of business (SLR) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) | 648 | 738 | 958 | 196 | 194 | 208 |
| Area of cereals (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 14 |
| Area of potatoes (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Area of oilseed rape (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Area of other crops (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Area of fodder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Area of grass | 55 | 63 | 73 | 123 | 115 | 132 |
| Number of ewes | 532 | 540 | 462 | 207 | 186 | 164 |
| Number of suckler cows | 8 | 6 | 6 | 86 | 87 | 89 |
| Number of dairy cows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Number of other cattle | 7 | 9 | 10 | 118 | 139 | 169 |
| Headcount of unpaid workers | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Number of unpaid workers (FTE) | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Average output £ per farm | ||||||
| Total crop output | 2,236 | 1,244 | 1,770 | 9,264 | 10,830 | 12,670 |
| Total livestock output | 29,210 | 31,072 | 27,996 | 87,960 | 110,436 | 140,579 |
| Miscellaneous output | 15,998 | 25,876 | 207,712 | 5,819 | 7,438 | 8,649 |
| Total average output | 47,444 | 58,192 | 237,479 | 103,043 | 128,704 | 161,898 |
| Subsidy and Payments | 28,321 | 37,043 | 45,569 | 48,766 | 54,771 | 69,843 |
| Average inputs - £ per farm | ||||||
| Crop expenses | 4,510 | 3,848 | 3,129 | 19,105 | 21,039 | 20,864 |
| Livestock expenses | 26,688 | 20,507 | 17,811 | 55,922 | 53,536 | 51,829 |
| Other fixed costs | 61,005 | 50,184 | 85,961 | 92,163 | 85,176 | 97,406 |
| Total average inputs | 92,203 | 74,539 | 106,902 | 167,190 | 159,750 | 170,099 |
| Diversification Margin | 1,769 | 3,519 | 28,129 | -987 | 1,079 | 1,136 |
| of which: Diversification Output | 2,275 | 4,540 | 31,471 | 1,603 | 4,063 | 3,675 |
| Diversification Input | 506 | 1,022 | 3,342 | 2,589 | 2,984 | 2,539 |
| FARM BUSINESS INCOME (FBI) | -14,669 | 24,214 | 204,275 | -16,367 | 24,803 | 62,777 |
| FBI per unpaid worker (FTE) | -10,553 | 20,011 | 163,420 | -9,461 | 16,759 | 43,295 |
| Output:Input ratio (including subsidies) | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Output:Input ratio (excluding subsidies) | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Off farm income (OFI) | 13,038 | 9,436 | 4,200 | 9,439 | 9,559 | 7,664 |
| OFI per unpaid worker (FTE) | 9,380 | 7,799 | 3,360 | 5,456 | 6,459 | 5,285 |
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