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 C26 Number of holdings by Standard Labour Requirements (1) and farm type (2), June 2015
Farm type | Standard Labour Requirements | Total | ||||
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Very small (<1 FTE) |
Small (1 to <2 FTE) |
Medium (2 to <3 FTE) |
Large (3 to <5 FTE) |
Very large (5 or more FTE) |
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Holdings | Holdings | Holdings | Holdings | Holdings | ||
Specialist cereals | 1,870 | 383 | 169 | 106 | 49 | 2,577 |
General cropping | 387 | 212 | 120 | 101 | 76 | 896 |
Specialist horticulture & permanent crops | 440 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 107 | 621 |
Specialist pigs | 225 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 285 |
Specialist poultry | 757 | 29 | 30 | 45 | 34 | 895 |
Specialist dairy | 23 | 42 | 111 | 270 | 340 | 786 |
LFA cattle and sheep | 9,761 | 1,711 | 960 | 1,106 | 1,008 | 14,546 |
Non- LFA cattle and sheep | 1,840 | 257 | 129 | 135 | 86 | 2,447 |
Mixed holdings | 4,019 | 506 | 280 | 280 | 237 | 5,322 |
General cropping; forage | 21,467 | 241 | 155 | 223 | 220 | 22,306 |
Unclassified | 1,568 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1,622 |
Total | 42,357 | 3,443 | 1,992 | 2,307 | 2,204 | 52,303 |
(1) 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.
(2) The 2016 ERSA uses a farm typology first used for the 2013 June Census. Comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. Further details are available at: www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/06/5219/12
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