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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 6d: Farm business income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2013-14
| Lowland Cattle and Sheep | Mixed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance band | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% |
| Number of farms in sample | 7 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 71 | 18 |
| Average size of business (SLR) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Average size of farm (hectares) | 102 | 133 | 168 | 244 | 199 | 182 |
| Area of cereals (hectares) | 11 | 18 | 39 | 76 | 81 | 96 |
| Area of potatoes (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Area of oilseed rape (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Area of other crops (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Area of fodder | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Area of grass | 71 | 99 | 113 | 93 | 83 | 70 |
| Number of ewes | 245 | 208 | 227 | 188 | 98 | 51 |
| Number of suckler cows | 49 | 53 | 32 | 48 | 45 | 38 |
| Number of dairy cows | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Number of other cattle | 89 | 151 | 278 | 107 | 132 | 167 |
| Headcount of unpaid workers | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Number of unpaid workers (FTE) | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Average output £ per farm | ||||||
| Total crop output | 8,982 | 17,321 | 50,755 | 88,142 | 91,832 | 109,456 |
| Total livestock output | 53,492 | 114,106 | 162,193 | 92,053 | 111,983 | 148,764 |
| Miscellaneous output | 2,296 | 7,591 | 67,066 | 16,793 | 15,747 | 18,904 |
| Total average output | 64,770 | 139,017 | 280,013 | 196,989 | 219,562 | 277,124 |
| Subsidy and Payments | 31,849 | 41,834 | 56,864 | 54,009 | 52,661 | 56,295 |
| Average inputs - £ per farm | ||||||
| Crop expenses | 14,324 | 22,265 | 40,834 | 59,374 | 54,622 | 60,412 |
| Livestock expenses | 36,483 | 56,182 | 86,498 | 49,638 | 52,234 | 59,544 |
| Other fixed costs | 58,438 | 78,323 | 133,527 | 156,530 | 138,576 | 138,724 |
| Total average inputs | 109,245 | 156,769 | 260,859 | 265,542 | 245,433 | 258,681 |
| Diversification Margin | -1,308 | 99 | -115 | 1,753 | 3,113 | 4,547 |
| of which: Diversification Output | 4,508 | 2,786 | 141 | 4,532 | 5,695 | 7,299 |
| Diversification Input | 5,816 | 2,687 | 256 | 2,780 | 2,582 | 2,751 |
| FARM BUSINESS INCOME (FBI) | -13,934 | 24,181 | 75,904 | -12,792 | 29,903 | 79,286 |
| FBI per unpaid worker (FTE) | -9,228 | 16,677 | 38,726 | -8,200 | 17,694 | 41,081 |
| Output:Input ratio (including subsidies) | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Output:Input ratio (excluding subsidies) | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Off farm income (OFI) | 13,211 | 9,876 | 1,920 | 15,652 | 11,646 | 5,080 |
| OFI per unpaid worker (FTE) | 8,749 | 6,811 | 980 | 10,034 | 6,891 | 2,632 |
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