Total income from farming estimates: 2025
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: 30 April 2026.
Total support payments decrease in real terms
Total support payments to farming is estimated at £589 million in 2025. Estimates of support payments in total income from farming are calendar year estimates.
Total support payments to farming decreased by 6% in 2025 in real terms. This decrease was mostly driven by the fixed rate of the Basic Payment Scheme, which did not increase with inflation.
Most support payments are made through the Basic Payment Scheme. This is a support payment made for farming activity. Total payments from the Basic Payment scheme are estimated at £274 million in 2025.
Other support payments are included in Table 4, including ‘Greening’ which supports environmental sustainability and the ‘Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS)’ which is a support payment paid to those farming in upland and remote areas where there are natural disadvantages.
Support payments captured in the total income from farming accounts do not include capital grants to farmers. For example, the Future Farm Investment Scheme is not included. This, alongside other minor differences in reporting means that payment totals reported here may differ from payment totals in other reporting. Calendar year estimates for support payments made to farming that are not included in the accounts are available for comparison alongside this release in the table “Total income from farming estimates 2018-2025 – Agricultural support payments” under Supporting Documents.
Figure 7: Total agricultural support payments and Basic Payment Scheme (Single Farm Payment prior to 2014), 2005 to 2025. Current (nominal) and real (constant 2025) prices.
Table 4: Value of support payments, 2024 and 2025, current (nominal) prices and percentage change (current and real terms).
|
Measure (£ million) |
2024 current (nominal) prices |
2025 current (nominal) prices |
Percentage change current (nominal) prices |
Percentage change real (2025) prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Basic Payment Scheme |
277 |
274 |
-1% |
-4% |
|
Greening |
139 |
138 |
-1% |
-4% |
|
Less-Favoured Area Support Scheme |
60 |
60 |
0% |
-4% |
|
Forestry and woodland schemes |
44 |
37 |
-16% |
-19% |
|
Agri Enviro Climate Scheme |
28 |
24 |
-12% |
-16% |
|
Rural Priorities |
2 |
1 |
-33% |
-35% |
|
Young Farmer Payment |
1 |
1 |
2% |
-1% |
|
Other |
6 |
6 |
-1% |
-5% |
|
Total support (not associated with commodity output) |
556 |
541 |
-3% |
-6% |
|
Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme |
40 |
40 |
0% |
-4% |
|
Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme |
7 |
7 |
0% |
-4% |
|
Total support associated with commodity output |
47 |
47 |
0% |
-4% |
|
All support payments |
604 |
589 |
-2% |
-6% |