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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 6b: Farm business income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2013-14
| Cattle and sheep (LFA) | Cereals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance band | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% |
| Number of farms in sample | 15 | 57 | 15 | 17 | 66 | 17 |
| Average size of business (SLR) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) | 289 | 526 | 614 | 177 | 168 | 197 |
| Area of cereals (hectares) | 6 | 4 | 7 | 126 | 120 | 144 |
| Area of potatoes (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Area of oilseed rape (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Area of other crops (hectares) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Area of fodder | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Area of grass | 128 | 126 | 185 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
| Number of ewes | 744 | 692 | 814 | 8 | 16 | 13 |
| Number of suckler cows | 67 | 56 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Number of dairy cows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of other cattle | 89 | 75 | 90 | 12 | 20 | 42 |
| Headcount of unpaid workers | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Number of unpaid workers (FTE) | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Average output £ per farm | ||||||
| Total crop output | 3,854 | 3,411 | 7,339 | 131,692 | 140,510 | 189,673 |
| Total livestock output | 103,234 | 95,264 | 124,724 | 5,119 | 15,102 | 35,193 |
| Miscellaneous output | 5,112 | 12,999 | 16,220 | 25,698 | 20,755 | 35,557 |
| Total average output | 112,200 | 111,673 | 148,283 | 162,509 | 176,368 | 260,423 |
| Subsidy and Payments | 59,095 | 59,251 | 78,254 | 37,920 | 40,024 | 52,705 |
| Average inputs - £ per farm | ||||||
| Crop expenses | 11,361 | 12,650 | 18,231 | 73,657 | 64,919 | 78,663 |
| Livestock expenses | 72,210 | 52,053 | 54,731 | 3,596 | 7,641 | 14,667 |
| Other fixed costs | 101,840 | 81,636 | 91,694 | 152,016 | 127,506 | 154,993 |
| Total average inputs | 185,410 | 146,339 | 164,656 | 229,270 | 200,066 | 248,323 |
| Diversification Margin | -3,828 | 1,047 | 3,883 | 6,606 | 6,933 | 10,234 |
| of which: Diversification Output | 2,112 | 4,421 | 7,104 | 12,742 | 12,523 | 15,477 |
| Diversification Input | 5,940 | 3,373 | 3,222 | 6,135 | 5,590 | 5,243 |
| FARM BUSINESS INCOME (FBI) | -17,943 | 25,634 | 65,763 | -22,234 | 23,259 | 75,039 |
| FBI per unpaid worker (FTE) | -11,883 | 15,921 | 33,214 | -17,236 | 17,891 | 60,031 |
| Output:Input ratio (including subsidies) | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Output:Input ratio (excluding subsidies) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Off farm income (OFI) | 9,767 | 9,371 | 26,108 | 13,126 | 9,872 | 5,373 |
| OFI per unpaid worker (FTE) | 6,468 | 5,820 | 13,186 | 10,175 | 7,594 | 4,298 |
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