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Results from the June 2012 Scottish Agricultural Census

Published: 25 September 2012
ISBN: 9781782561156

Final results from the annual agricultural census. Land, livestock and labour items.

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Agricultural census: results

Table 3b. Number of cattle, 2002 to 2012

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Percentage change between 2011 & 2012
Other cattle 2 years and over
Other - 2+ Male	42,576	44,144	40,688	45,398	47,268	48,050	44,449	43,764	47,611	41,382	41,072	-0.7%
Female for breeding 2+ - dairy	6,724	6,451	6,757	6,215	6,995	6,632	5,940	5,926	5,457	5,466	4,977	-8.9%
Female for breeding 2+ - beef	22,174	22,058	23,155	24,688	24,398	26,826	25,602	26,010	28,313	27,588	26,680	-3.3%
Female not for breeding 2+	21,514	22,713	21,276	22,917	27,431	25,564	27,257	26,682	28,090	26,403	24,146	-8.5%
Total Other 2+	92,988	95,366	91,876	99,218	106,092	107,072	103,248	102,382	109,471	100,839	96,875	*-3.9%*
Other cattle 1 year and over but under 2 years
Male 1-2	221,106	222,168	222,938	228,459	214,561	212,435	204,393	205,543	201,306	198,102	196,093	-1.0%
Female for breeding 1-2 - dairy	38,090	40,862	39,618	39,716	38,269	37,421	35,754	37,074	38,853	38,120	37,778	-0.9%
Female for breeding 1-2 - beef	57,693	56,990	56,335	58,598	57,393	61,657	60,711	60,982	60,378	57,648	61,318	6.4%
Female not for breeding 1-2	148,318	148,557	148,018	154,067	152,034	146,705	141,785	137,143	131,883	131,663	125,629	-4.6%
Total Other 1-2	465,207	468,577	466,909	480,840	462,257	458,218	442,643	440,742	432,420	425,533	420,818	*-1.1%*
Other cattle 6 months and over but under 1 year
Male 6-12 mths	104,580	105,153	105,796	102,632	101,961	97,712	93,571	90,304	90,601	88,454	86,752	-1.9%
Female 6-12 mths	109,037	109,943	111,284	109,815	109,453	104,382	103,145	98,083	97,772	95,035	96,560	1.6%
Total Other 6-12 mths	213,617	215,096	217,080	212,447	211,414	202,094	196,716	188,387	188,373	183,489	183,312	*-0.1%*
Other cattle under 6 months
Male under 6mths	176,765	179,223	182,375	178,249	174,750	171,427	168,606	165,063	168,561	168,225	170,446	1.3%
Female under 6mths	181,431	183,682	186,228	183,524	180,770	176,828	176,292	171,415	174,765	176,099	176,551	0.3%
Total Other under 6 mths	358,196	362,905	368,603	361,773	355,520	348,255	344,898	336,478	343,326	344,324	346,997	0.8%
Total cattle	1,934,678	1,938,933	1,949,725	1,958,882	1,933,874	1,898,538	1,854,749	1,812,405	1,825,087	1,803,937	1,788,470	*-0.9%*

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Table 3b. Number of cattle, 2002 to 2012

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