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 B3 Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and Farm Business Income by type of farm: 2014-15
Type of farm | Specialist Sheep ( LFA) | Specialist Cattle ( LFA) | Other Cattle and Sheep ( LFA) (3) | Cereals | General Cropping | Dairy | Lowland Cattle and Sheep | Mixed | All Farm Types |
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Number of farms in sample | 38 | 135 | 54 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 29 | 72 | 498 |
Average size of business ( SLR) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Average size of farm (hectares) | 721 | 202 | 609 | 166 | 166 | 153 | 135 | 175 | 319 |
Area of cereals (hectares) | 0 | 10 | 3 | 114 | 96 | 8 | 16 | 69 | 34 |
Area of potatoes (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Area of oilseed rape (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Area of other crops (hectares) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Area of fodder | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Area of grass | 63 | 114 | 120 | 27 | 33 | 126 | 101 | 77 | 84 |
Number of ewes | 585 | 184 | 671 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 226 | 90 | 254 |
Number of suckler cows | 6 | 86 | 54 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 51 | 42 | 39 |
Number of dairy cows | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
Output yield per dairy cow (ltrs) | z | z | z | z | z | 7,221 | z | z | z |
Revenue value pence per litre | z | z | z | z | z | 29.83 | z | z | z |
Number of other cattle | 9 | 133 | 74 | 24 | 34 | 202 | 150 | 119 | 90 |
Headcount of unpaid labour | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Number of unpaid workers ( FTE) (1) | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
Average output (£ per farm) | |||||||||
Total crop output | 1,300 | 8,288 | 2,510 | 130,560 | 148,268 | 9,708 | 12,872 | 65,839 | 38,208 |
Total livestock output | 40,434 | 105,652 | 97,723 | 14,990 | 22,477 | 434,294 | 109,485 | 87,381 | 98,331 |
Miscellaneous output | 13,377 | 8,773 | 9,863 | 18,213 | 23,131 | 9,157 | 9,157 | 11,587 | 12,188 |
Total average output | 55,111 | 122,713 | 110,095 | 163,764 | 193,877 | 453,158 | 131,514 | 164,808 | 148,726 |
Subsidy and payments | 33,209 | 47,191 | 52,658 | 33,180 | 33,152 | 36,033 | 36,746 | 38,950 | 39,885 |
Average inputs (£ per farm) | |||||||||
Crop expenses | 4,240 | 18,835 | 12,177 | 61,306 | 60,270 | 32,266 | 19,526 | 43,588 | 27,653 |
Livestock expenses | 20,765 | 44,274 | 46,807 | 8,467 | 11,125 | 196,974 | 48,037 | 37,343 | 44,148 |
Other input costs | 52,398 | 82,199 | 78,809 | 119,778 | 134,034 | 190,836 | 76,765 | 114,054 | 96,154 |
Total average inputs | 77,403 | 145,309 | 137,794 | 189,550 | 205,430 | 420,075 | 144,327 | 194,985 | 167,955 |
Diversification margin | 855 | 1,083 | 1,226 | 8,837 | 5,336 | -644 | 1,681 | 2,734 | 2,334 |
of which: Diversification Output | 2,273 | 4,981 | 5,336 | 14,224 | 9,584 | 4,761 | 4,462 | 5,059 | 5,751 |
Diversification Input | 1,419 | 3,898 | 4,110 | 5,387 | 4,248 | 5,405 | 2,781 | 2,326 | 3,417 |
FARM BUSINESS INCOME ( FBI) | 11,772 | 25,678 | 26,185 | 16,231 | 26,935 | 68,471 | 25,613 | 11,506 | 22,991 |
FBI per unpaid labour ( FTE) (1) | 9,269 | 17,832 | 16,468 | 12,112 | 19,952 | 33,896 | 17,424 | 7,102 | 15,534 |
Output: Input ratio (including subsidies) | 1.15 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.06 | 1.14 |
Output: Input ratio (excluding subsidies) | 0.72 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 0.97 | 1.08 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.90 |
Off-farm income ( OFI) (2) | 12,145 | 10,451 | 9,780 | 10,063 | 8,236 | 5,937 | 10,682 | 14,210 | 10,810 |
OFI per unpaid labour ( FTE) (1) | 9,563 | 7,258 | 6,151 | 7,510 | 6,101 | 2,939 | 7,266 | 8,772 | 7,304 |
(1) Full-Time equivalent ( FTE) is 1,900 hours.
(2) Off-farm Income is only collected for farmers and their spouse and represents the midpoint of the range in which their income falls.
(3) Other cattle and sheep ( LFA) excludes farms identified as specialist sheep or specialist cattle.
z: not applicable.
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