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Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2017
This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2017.
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Table 16: Grassland and rough grazing, comparison with previous years
Pesticide usage in 2009, 2013 and 2017, area treated with formulations, active substances (a.s.) and weight (kg) applied
| 2009 | 2013 | 2017 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | Formulations | a.s. | Weight | |
| ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | ha | ha | kg | |
| Insecticides | 3,537 | 3,537 | 259 | 5,811 | 5,811 | 4,113 | 69 | 69 | <0.5 |
| Molluscicides | 191 | 191 | 54 | 179 | 179 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fungicides | 39,203 | 56,471 | 7,754 | 12,081 | 22,127 | 2,508 | 7,065 | 12,873 | 1,656 |
| Sulphur | 669 | 669 | 4,793 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbicides | 98,378 | 168,807 | 112,478 | 66,602 | 86,020 | 78,348 | 79,274 | 104,770 | 81,815 |
| Growth regulators | 624 | 1,223 | 162 | 721 | 914 | 270 | 606 | 764 | 250 |
| Seed treatments | 488 | 488 | 48 | 1,490 | 1,490 | 53 | 925 | 925 | 83 |
| All pesticides | 142,602 | 230,898 | 125,500 | 86,884 | 116,541 | 85,319 | 87,939 | 119,401 | 83,804 |
| Area grown | 4,630,016 | 4,400,870 | 4,363,985 | ||||||
Note: Unspecified treatments have been included in the formulation and active substance areas, however as their weights are unknown they cannot be included in the weight applied