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Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

Published: 15 June 2011
ISBN: 9781780452111

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Scottish agriculture: economic reports

Table C2 Crops, grass and rough grazings for each United Kingdom country, June 2010

Number of holdings ⁽¹⁾	52,279	105,450	40,618	24,471	222,818
	Scotland	England	Wales	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom
Crops, fallow and set-aside:	hectares	hectares	hectares	hectares	hectares
Wheat	111,436	1,791,900	24,347	10,895	1,938,578
Triticale	687	14,907	nc	40	na
Barley: Winter	48,010	320,475	7,279	6,767	382,531
Spring	242,364	265,551	13,158	17,558	538,631
Total	290,374	586,026	20,437	24,325	921,162
Oats (including mixed grain) ⁽²⁾	23,893	103,965	7,418	2,580	137,856
Rape for oilseed (including flax ⁽³⁾ and linseed)	36,107	643,408	5,439	446	685,400
Potatoes	31,377	99,939	2,056	4,938	138,310
Peas for combining	1,668	39,875	nc	nc	41,543
Beans for combining	5,264	161,124	nc	nc	166,388
Maize	2,235	145,827	12,995	2,871	163,928
Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding	5,511	19,993	nc	406	25,910
Other crops for stockfeeding ⁽⁴⁾	15,288	16,790	nc	4,520	36,598
Vegetables for human consumption	16,456	103,046	394	1,244	121,140
Orchard and soft fruit	1,962	30,189	634	1,539	34,324
Bulbs, other flowers and nursery stock	1,018	10,366	235	99	11,718
All other crops	6,895	150,488	11,708	1,555	170,647
Fallow land	21,960	149,316	867	1,458	173,601
Total crops and fallow	572,131	4,067,159	86,530	56,916	4,782,736
Grass:
Under 5 years	423,178	586,690	103,247	118,386	1,231,501
5 years and over	955,382	3,288,366	1,020,506	660,949	5,925,203
Total grass	1,378,560	3,875,056	1,123,753	779,335	7,156,704
Total crops, fallow and grass	1,950,691	7,942,215	1,210,283	836,251	11,939,440
Rough grazing:
Sole right grazing	3,191,593	493,048	229,614	140,337	4,054,592
Common Grazing ⁽⁵⁾	583,728	427,889	180,305	36,438	1,228,360
Total rough grazing	3,775,320	920,937	409,919	176,775	5,282,951
Total crops, fallow, grass and rough grazing	5,726,011	8,863,152	1,620,202	1,013,026	17,222,392
Woodland	399,379	295,295	69,128	10,161	773,963
Other land	101,391	156,737	20,384	6,369	284,881
Total agricultural area ⁽⁵⁾	6,226,781	9,315,184	1,709,714	1,029,556	18,281,236
Total land area ⁽⁶⁾	8,023,862	13,293,767	2,122,466	1,412,972	24,853,067
% land agricultural	78%	70%	81%	73%	74%

(1) Refers only to holdings actively engaged in agriculture but excludes sheep stock clubs in Scotland and non-commercial holdings in England.
(2) Includes rye for England and Wales and triticale for Wales.
(3) Flax not collected for Scotland in 2010.
(4) Includes lupins.
(5) Inclusion of common grazing land brings total agricultural area in Scotland to a higher level than that published in the June agricultural census publication.
(6) As at December 2009. Data source: UK Standard Area Measurements ( SAM), published by Office for National Statistics, 2009.
na Information not available.
nc Information not collected.

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