Publication - Statistics
Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016
Published:
14 Jun 2016
Presents an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.
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Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016
B12 Enterprise performance(1) summary table: 2013-14 and 2014-15
B12 Enterprise performance (1) summary table: 2013-14 and 2014-15
| Enterprise | Enterprise Gross Margin | Overall Enterprise Gross Margin | Output:Input Ratio | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 (2) | 2014-15 | 2014-15 | 2014-15 | |||||||
| Average | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% | Lower 25% | Average | Upper 25% | |
| Crop EGM (£ hectare) | Crop EGM (£ per hectare) | Crop Overall EGM (£) | Crop | |||||||
| Winter wheat | 828 | 327 | 632 | 966 | 8,535 | 25,016 | 40,063 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| Winter barley | 449 | 304 | 552 | 860 | 6,562 | 14,529 | 29,719 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| Spring barley | 582 | 233 | 492 | 755 | 7,786 | 24,844 | 54,057 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| Mixed barley | 616 | 300 | 507 | 695 | 24,416 | 41,390 | 54,502 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| Winter oil seed rape | 481 | 294 | 574 | 914 | 9,074 | 15,727 | 24,264 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Winter oats | 577 | c | 561 | c | c | 15,496 | c | c | 3.0 | c |
| Spring oats | 502 | 160 | 418 | 703 | 6,270 | 8,846 | 13,565 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
| All potatoes | 4,359 | c | 3,574 | c | c | 76,630 | c | c | 3.1 | c |
| Cattle EGM (£ head) | Cattle EGM (£ per head) | Cattle Overall EGM (£) | Cattle | |||||||
| Dairy cows | 1,123 | 719 | 1,118 | 1,588 | 138,452 | 197,665 | 238,474 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Dairy followers | 330 | -112 | 362 | 822 | -9,454 | 28,822 | 66,911 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Dairy mixed & dairy beef (combined) | 401 | 60 | 296 | 495 | 7,719 | 41,301 | 64,634 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Beef: hill herds | 171 | c | 250 | c | c | 12,801 | c | c | 1.6 | c |
| Beef: upland suckler selling weaning | 349 | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c |
| Beef: upland suckler selling yearling stores | 288 | 118 | 375 | 639 | 8,520 | 33,499 | 61,062 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Beef: lowland suckler/herds | 292 | -140 | 258 | 580 | -6,027 | 17,451 | 39,159 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Beef: forward stores | 137 | c | 44 | c | c | 3,215 | c | c | 1.2 | c |
| Beef: mixed | 205 | 0 | 147 | 298 | -1 | 13,895 | 26,679 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Beef: finishing | 204 | -50 | 173 | 406 | -4,546 | 18,309 | 34,891 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| Sheep EGM (£ head) | Sheep EGM (£ per head) | Sheep Overall EGM (£) | Sheep | |||||||
| Sheep: extensive/hardhill | 6 | -5 | 20 | 42 | -3,679 | 16,042 | 34,048 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| Sheep: crossbred ewe production | 36 | c | 49 | c | c | 27,962 | c | c | 1.7 | c |
| Sheep: finished/store lamb production | 28 | 11 | 43 | 73 | 5,100 | 22,631 | 36,858 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| Sheep: lowland (non LFA) | 19 | 11 | 51 | 91 | 1,665 | 13,742 | 20,500 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Sheep: store lamb finishing (short keep) | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c | c |
| Sheep: store lamb finishing (long keep) | 16 | 0 | 17 | 29 | -10 | 7,407 | 13,622 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 4.4 |
(1) Performance categories are based on distributions of gross margin results.
(2) At 2014-15 prices.
c data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual returns.