Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016

Presents an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.

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Table C25 Number of holdings, total and average from Standard Outputs (1), total and average Standard Labour Requirement (2) by region and sub-region, June 2015

  Holdings Standard Outputs (£) Standard Labour Requirements
Total from SO Total from SO (average £ per holding) Total SLR Average SLR per holding
North West: 20,596 225,666,682 10,957 6,567 0.319
Shetland 1,806 16,579,688 9,180 719 0.398
Orkney 1,980 46,100,503 23,283 912 0.461
Na h-Eileanan Siar 6,460 13,264,473 2,053 437 0.068
Highland 10,350 149,722,018 14,466 4,499 0.435
North East: 8,884 463,086,477 52,126 7,580 0.853
Grampian 8,884 463,086,477 52,126 7,580 0.853
South East: 9,216 961,274,476 104,305 17,344 1.882
Tayside 3,667 437,695,360 119,361 8,278 2.257
Fife 1,530 169,070,976 110,504 2,487 1.626
Lothian 1,504 124,476,031 82,763 1,899 1.263
Scottish Borders 2,515 230,032,109 91,464 4,680 1.861
South West: 13,607 739,603,591 54,355 15,181 1.116
East Central 1,526 58,162,384 38,114 1,340 0.878
Argyll & Bute 1,980 58,416,042 29,503 1,777 0.898
Clyde Valley 3,213 118,096,805 36,756 2,537 0.790
Ayrshire 2,809 164,452,136 58,545 3,143 1.119
Dumfries & Galloway 4,079 340,476,224 83,471 6,384 1.565
Scotland 52,303 2,389,631,226 45,688 46,672 0.892

(1) Standard Outputs (SO) represent the estimated farm-gate worth (£s) of crops and animals without taking account of the costs incurred in production.

(2) Standard Labour Requirements represent the estimated full-time equivalent (FTE) labour required to farm the crops and animals on the holding 1 Standard Labour Requirement (FTE) = 1900 hours per year.

N.B. Individual values may not sum to the total due to rounding.

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