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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 17: Fodder crops, 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 | 2,591 | 2,591 | 261 | 1,796 | 1,796 | 413 | 897 | 897 | 9 |
| Molluscicides | 373 | 373 | 42 | 126 | 126 | 25 | 140 | 140 | 26 |
| Fungicides | 3,512 | 5,819 | 894 | 6,030 | 10,312 | 1,553 | 885 | 1,800 | 208 |
| Sulphur | 183 | 183 | 440 | 49 | 49 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbicides | 18,835 | 26,550 | 15,871 | 17,574 | 23,658 | 11,769 | 11,074 | 15,631 | 7,647 |
| Growth Regulators | 608 | 832 | 71 | 658 | 658 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seed treatments | 17,025 | 25,648 | 785 | 15,703 | 19,907 | 557 | 11,265 | 14,020 | 222 |
| All pesticides | 43,127 | 61,996 | 18,364 | 41,935 | 56,505 | 14,740 | 24,262 | 32,488 | 8,111 |
| Area grown | 22,838 | 19,524 | 16,304 | ||||||
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