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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.

Table 23: Census area of fodder crops - 2021

Area (ha) of fodder crops grown in Scotland

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⁽³⁾
0.1 - 4.9	415	327	414	835	145	63	56	269	79	102	159	2,865
5.0 - 9.9	481	404	593	972	399	126	132	454	256	281	426	4,525
10.0 - 14.9	141	202	311	379	163	84	92	390	366	222	373	2,724
15.0 - 19.9	188	53	185	311	139	18	99	192	190	190	378	1,940
20.0 +	326	54	567	402	314	103	198	472	511	434	1,302	4,682
All sizes	1,551	1,040	2,069	2,899	1,160	393	577	1,777	1,401	1,229	2,638	16,736

(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.

(3) These areas do not include the estimated 479 hectares of stubble turnips as this is not recorded on the census (refer to Appendix 3).

Note: Data taken from the 2021 June Agricultural Census⁽¹³⁾.

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