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Publication - Statistics

Total income from farming estimates: 2018-2024

Last updated
12 June 2025 - see all updates
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate, +1 more … Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Economy, Farming and rural

Total income from farming (TIFF) is the official measure of the profit gained by the agricultural industry in Scotland. It provides a breakdown of the value of farm production, support payments and costs. An Accredited Official Statistics publication for Scotland.

First published: 29 May 2025.

Additional tables released: 12 June 2025.

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Supporting documents

The sector as a whole remains profitable without support payments

Support payments accounted for 45% of profit from all farming in 2024, down from 68% in 2023. Over the last ten years support payments accounted for around 65% of profit from farming on average.

Without support payments, the agricultural sector as a whole has been profitable since 2010, although this will vary considerably across sub-sectors. However, the trend in profitability without support has changed very little over the last 20 years.

Figure 8: Total income from farming (TIFF), with and without support payments, 2004 to 2024. Real (constant 2024) prices.

A line chart showing total income from farming (TIFF), with and without support, from 2004 to 2024. In real (constant 2024) prices.

First published
29 May 2025
Last updated
12 June 2025 - show all updates

  1. A correction notice was added to the key findings page. Total income from farming, without support payments, in real terms figures in supplementary documents: ‘Total income from farming estimates 2018-2024 - Total income from farming, inputs and outputs timeseries at current prices and in real terms’ were updated due to a small data processing error.

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