Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015
Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015 presenting an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.
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Table A4 Output and utilisation of potatoes, vegetables and fruit, 2010 to 2014(1)
| Unit |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 (prov) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potatoes(2) |
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| Earlies |
’000 tonnes |
3.4 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
2.8 |
4.7 |
| Maincrop ware(3) |
” |
899.7 |
816.7 |
607.1 |
760.9 |
758.9 |
| Seed(4) |
” |
322.1 |
321.9 |
262.7 |
296.2 |
290.9 |
| Stockfeed(5) |
” |
118.8 |
107.8 |
80.1 |
100.4 |
100.2 |
| Total potatoes |
” |
1,343.8 |
1,250.9 |
954.2 |
1,160.3 |
1,154.7 |
| Earlies |
£ per tonne |
321.59 |
262.52 |
498.33 |
413.08 |
269.81 |
| Maincrop ware |
” |
177.64 |
99.61 |
309.75 |
145.86 |
95.79 |
| Seed(4) |
” |
213.70 |
224.66 |
280.96 |
250.44 |
259.51 |
| Earlies |
£ millions |
1.1 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
| Seed(4) |
” |
71.4 |
69.8 |
71.6 |
75.3 |
75.6 |
| Maincrop ware |
” |
117.6 |
131.3 |
129.8 |
180.3 |
93.6 |
| Stockfeed(5) |
” |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
| Stockchange(6) |
” |
-6.2 |
-3.4 |
-40.3 |
16.9 |
-2.3 |
| Total value of output |
” |
184.7 |
199.9 |
164.5 |
275.2 |
169.9 |
|
Vegetables |
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| Carrots |
’000 tonnes |
190.7 |
144.8 |
137.2 |
187.4 |
231.4 |
| Turnips & swedes |
” |
75.2 |
64.4 |
49.3 |
62.0 |
64.6 |
| Brussel sprouts |
” |
12.2 |
14.8 |
11.0 |
14.4 |
14.2 |
| Peas |
” |
30.3 |
26.6 |
20.3 |
28.9 |
34.4 |
| Other vegetables |
” |
88.7 |
77.4 |
61.9 |
73.1 |
83.5 |
| Total vegetables |
” |
397.2 |
327.9 |
279.7 |
365.7 |
428.1 |
| Carrots |
£ per tonne |
137.29 |
157.91 |
177.31 |
169.77 |
133.33 |
| Turnips & swedes |
” |
209.91 |
239.27 |
312.49 |
332.91 |
183.83 |
| Brussel sprouts |
” |
820.12 |
1,047.48 |
1,086.85 |
1,243.72 |
1,085.15 |
| Peas |
” |
290.30 |
305.04 |
331.71 |
383.24 |
383.26 |
| Carrots |
£ millions |
26.2 |
22.9 |
24.3 |
31.8 |
30.9 |
| Turnips & swedes |
” |
15.8 |
15.4 |
15.4 |
20.6 |
11.9 |
| Brussel sprouts |
” |
10.0 |
15.5 |
12.0 |
17.9 |
15.4 |
| Peas |
” |
8.8 |
8.1 |
6.7 |
11.1 |
13.2 |
| Other vegetables |
” |
50.9 |
46.9 |
43.1 |
51.3 |
59.2 |
| Total value of output |
” |
111.6 |
108.8 |
101.5 |
132.7 |
130.5 |
| Fruit |
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| Raspberries |
’000 tonnes |
3.0 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
| Strawberries |
” |
21.6 |
21.4 |
16.9 |
23.8 |
25.2 |
| Other fruit |
” |
5.2 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
7.1 |
7.4 |
| Total fruit |
” |
29.9 |
30.1 |
24.2 |
33.6 |
35.5 |
| Raspberries |
£ per tonne |
4,514.60 |
4,948.60 |
5,975.83 |
5,881.50 |
4,332.70 |
| Strawberries |
” |
2,881.17 |
2,688.55 |
2,894.03 |
2,774.74 |
2,697.98 |
| Raspberries |
£ millions |
13.7 |
15.7 |
15.1 |
16.1 |
12.7 |
| Strawberries |
” |
62.3 |
57.5 |
48.9 |
66.0 |
68.0 |
| Other fruit |
” |
8.1 |
8.4 |
8.2 |
12.0 |
11.0 |
| Total value of output |
” |
84.1 |
81.6 |
72.2 |
94.2 |
91.7 |
(1) Output data are for calendar years and so reflect the influence of two crop years.
(2) Includes all production whether sold off or consumed on the national farm.
(3) Includes farmyard consumption.
(4) Includes seed retained on the farm of origin or sold farm-to-farm. Valued at opportunity cost, assumed to be the ex-farm seed price.
(5) Potatoes used on farm as stockfeed.
(6) Value of the physical increase in on-farm stocks over the course of the year.
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