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Results from the December 2012 Scottish Agricultural Survey

This publication contains results from the 2012 December Agricultural Survey covering

winter sown crops, hay and silage production, livestock and machinery. It provides

commentary and graphics on the latest annual changes and trends over the past ten years,

together with comparisons with June Census results.

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	% Change between 2011 & 2012
Crops and grass sown by 1 December (hectares)
Wheat	86,355	103,751	93,062	97,021	102,118	113,795	88,299	103,616	114,183	98,626	84,070	-14.8%
Barley	60,544	59,046	56,116	55,703	54,961	58,750	53,140	51,966	50,382	48,829	53,908	10.4%
Oats	7,293	6,219	5,225	6,630	6,996	7,352	6,509	7,392	7,547	6,380	6,695	4.9%
Oilseed rape	32,716	36,893	35,358	35,236	38,134	32,639	28,817	33,065	36,926	35,656	35,045	-1.7%
Grass sown	63,000	59,317	52,007	58,701	57,098	46,440	40,813	57,761	58,586	47,060	45,576	-3.2%
Grass cut (hectares)
For hay	44,749	52,563	41,946	49,791	53,102	41,922	38,014	38,196	41,753	42,219	30,505	-27.7%
For silage / haylage	298,730	292,513	303,677	292,831	304,508	306,734	299,996	334,565	331,503	321,573	306,271	-4.8%
Production (tonnes)
Hay	276,516	320,958	262,735	308,249	359,118	269,365	222,873	247,155	276,899	259,941	179,750	-30.8%
Grass silage / haylage	6,694,726	6,472,344	6,455,704	6,295,154	6,231,721	6,637,856	6,267,161	6,495,446	6,594,048	6,627,610	6,408,933	-3.3%
Arable silage	393,731	372,140	446,661	392,945	406,313	396,353	379,041	356,545	343,923	316,520	298,938	-5.6%
Yields (tonnes/hectare)
Hay	6.2	6.1	6.3	6.2	6.8	6.4	5.9	6.5	6.6	6.2	5.9	-4.3%
For silage / haylage	22.4	22.1	21.3	21.5	20.5	21.6	20.9	19.4	19.9	20.6	20.9	1.5%

(1) - Minor holdings accounting for about 13% of grassland and 1% of crops are excluded from these results

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