Pesticide usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2021

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2021.

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Table 22: Sampled area of fodder crops - 2021

Area (ha) of fodder crops grown in the sample

Size(1) (ha) H&I(2) C&O(2) Moray Firth Abdn(2) Angus East Fife Lothian Central Lowlands Tweed Valley S. Uplands(2) Solway Scotland
0.1 - 4.9 22 32 15 22 1 22 0 5 6 6 4 136
5.0 - 9.9 36 25 40 87 27 7 12 44 24 33 55 390
10.0 - 14.9 27 27 59 47 26 25 0 50 66 25 100 452
15.0 - 19.9 37 19 41 81 15 28 24 49 38 49 51 433
20.0 + 84 0 117 112 144 0 26 142 198 127 282 1,232
All sizes 206 103 272 349 213 83 62 291 333 239 492 2,643

(1) Size refers to the area of fodder crops grown on the holding.

(2) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, S. Uplands = Southern Uplands.

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