Pesticide usage in Scotland: Arable Crops and Potato Stores 2024

Introduction

This report presents information from a survey of pesticide use on stored potatoes harvested in Scotland in 2024. Pesticide use in potato stores was recorded for crops grown for seed production and for consumption (ware potatoes).

It is important to note that the figures presented in this report are produced from surveying a sample of holdings rather than a census of all the holdings in Scotland. Data was collected from a total of 69 holdings, representing 29% of the total potato area grown in Scotland. Ratio raising was used to produce estimates of national pesticide usage from sampled data. Therefore, the figures are estimates of the total pesticide use for Scotland and should not be interpreted as exact.

Data tables are not included in this report. All data tables are available to download in Excel format in a seperate supporting document.