Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Arable crops and Potato stores 2022

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on Arable crops and Potato stores in Scotland during 2022.


Appendix 2 – Survey statistics

Census and sample information

Table 24 Regional distribution of arable crops in 2022
Area (ha) of arable crops grown in Scotland
  H&I(1) C&O(1) Moray Firth Abdn(1) Angus East Fife Lothian C. Low-lands(1) Tweed Valley S. Up-lands(1) Solway Scotland 2022 Scotland 2020 % change
Winter barley 129 186 1,725 12,351 7,039 3,318 3,826 5,135 6,208 1,060 3,197 44,174 43,091 3
Spring barley 4,262 7,461 37,020 73,766 41,723 11,799 10,956 25,765 12,844 3,432 6,789 235,816 258,702 -9
Wheat 84 * 4,680 10,911 24,653 13,789 16,741 9,843 21,678 1,142 3,496 107,117 93,538 15
Winter oats * * * 867 1,095 1,988 296 678 2,785 399 143 8,436 7,984 6
Spring oats 348 1,935 1,355 3,253 2,861 2,343 1,361 2,541 2,204 153 360 18,713 26,000 -28
Winter rye * 0 1,433 703 1,953 820 191 439 1,072 0 559 7,174 5,137 40
Triticale * 0 * 141 * * 0 106 0 0 * 347 448 -23
Winter oilseed rape 0 0 2,664 8,781 8,192 1,708 4,185 1,772 7,323 172 348 35,145 30,373 16
Spring oilseed rape(2) 0 0 * * * 78 41 * 0 0 * 286 537 -47
Seed potatoes 230 30 1,823 2,382 5,258 393 72 1,170 465 * 29 11,894 12,003 -1
Ware potatoes 84 30 755 492 7,142 2,360 1,461 1,263 1,454 * 207 15,248 16,294 -6
Field beans * * 77 50 380 662 402 308 576 * 132 2,616 2,138 22
Dry harvest peas 0 21 63 102 * 69 * 30 68 0 0 410 328 25
Lupins 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 * 0 0 0 13 17 -22
Mixed grain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 -100
Totals 5,161 9,797 51,810 113,835 100,360 39,327 39,567 49,119 56,678 6,416 15,319 487,389 496,631 -2

* To prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings, entries relating to fewer than five holdings are not reported.

(1) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, C. Lowlands = Central Low-lands, S. Up-lands = Southern Uplands.

(2) Includes linseed.

Note: areas grown for 2020 are taken from the 2020 June Agricultural Census. As there was no Census in 2022, the areas grown in 2022 are taken from the SAF data. Please see Appendix 4 for further information.

Table 25 Distribution of arable sample - 2022
Number of holdings surveyed in each region and size group
Size (ha) H&I(1) C&O(1) Moray Firth Abdn(1) Angus East Fife Lothian C. Low-lands(1) Tweed Valley S. Up-lands (1) Solway Scotland
0.1-19.99 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 21
20-49.9 1 2 6 12 7 2 2 7 4 0 4 47
50-99.9 2 3 7 18 18 7 7 10 5 1 2 80
100-149.9 0 1 6 14 12 7 6 6 12 1 1 66
150+ 0 0 13 23 25 11 19 6 18 1 2 118
All sizes 5 9 34 70 63 28 35 32 40 4 12 332

(1) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, C. Low-lands = Central Lowlands, S. Uplands = Southern Uplands.

Table 26 Sample area - 2022
Area (ha) of arable crops grown in sample
Size (ha) H&I(1) C&O(1) Moray Firth Abdn(1) Angus East Fife Lothian C. Low-lands(1) Tweed Valley S. Up-lands (1) Solway Scotland
0.1-19.99 18 25 22 33 11 42 8 21 10 17 22 228
20-49.9 28 59 186 397 216 51 68 251 160 0 81 1,494
50-99.9 114 186 521 1,324 1,214 413 442 657 317 98 117 5,401
100-149.9 0 130 786 1,741 1,414 800 765 726 1,546 143 105 8,154
150+ 0 0 2,741 4,768 5,546 2,505 3,957 1,217 4,607 355 357 26,052
All sizes 159 399 4,255 8,262 8,400 3,811 5,240 2,871 6,639 613 681 41,329

(1) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, C. Low-lands = Central Lowlands, S. Up-lands = Southern Uplands.

Table 27 SAF area - 2022
Area (ha) of arable crops grown in Scotland
Size (ha) H&I(1) C&O(1) Moray Firth Abdn(1) Angus East Fife Lothian C. Low- lands (1) Tweed Valley S. Uplands(1) Solway Scotland
0.1-19.99 1,399 3103 2,479 6,355 1,836 555 653 3,944 825 667 2,760 24,578
20-49.9 1,577 2222 7,117 16,448 9,369 3,464 2,454 9,324 2,897 1,011 4,913 60,797
50-99.9 1,427 1968 11,556 28,445 19,599 8,532 6,287 12,724 7,262 1,339 3,932 103,071
100-149.9 585 1078 9,130 19,601 16,517 8,459 7,362 7,962 10,136 1,632 1,414 83,875
150+ * 1424 21,529 42,985 53,039 18,317 22,810 15,165 35,558 1,767 2,300 215,067
All sizes 5,161 9,797 51,810 113,835 100,360 39,327 39,567 49,119 56,678 6,416 15,319 487,389

* To prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings, entries relating to fewer than five holdings are not reported.

(1) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, C. Low-lands = Central Lowlands, S. Uplands = Southern Uplands.

Table 28 Raising factors - 2022
Size (ha) H&I & C&O(1) Moray Firth Abdn(1) Angus East Fife Lothian C. Low-lands(1) Tweed Valley S. Uplands(1) Solway
0.1-19.99 104.9620 113.5201 195.2452 169.5319 13.2245 78.3393 191.8259 85.1889 38.5078 126.2589
20-49.9 44.1543 38.3634 41.4693 43.4434 67.7869 36.2273 37.1663 18.1029 [z] 60.8301
50-99.9 11.3467 22.1773 21.4809 16.1467 20.6696 14.2188 19.3750 22.9427 13.6673 33.7484
100-149.9 12.8064 11.6218 11.2611 11.6825 10.5710 9.6257 10.9746 6.5580 11.3953 13.4797
150+ [z] 7.8554 9.0148 9.5635 7.3123 5.7649 12.4582 7.7187 4.9847 6.4438

(1) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, C. Low-lands = Central Lowlands, S. Uplands = Southern Uplands.

Note: some shorthand is used in this table: [z] = not applicable.

Table 29 First and second adjustment factors - 2022
  H&I & C&O(1) Moray Firth Abdn(1) Angus East Fife Lothian C. Low- lands(1) Tweed Valley S. Uplands(1) Solway ADJ2
Winter barley 0.9721 1.6197 0.9821 0.8645 0.6334 0.8147 0.8816 1.2325 1.1086 0.7284 1.0000
Spring barley 1.1154 0.9093 0.9936 0.9890 1.0158 1.0889 1.0239 0.8432 2.8907 0.8957 1.0000
Total wheat [z] 0.9051 0.9982 1.0521 0.9859 0.9715 1.1016 1.0842 0.4768 3.2893 1.0017
Winter oats [z] [z] 0.6566 1.8637 1.1293 1.2734 0.5812 0.7560 0.8700 [z] 1.0404
Spring oats 1.0280 0.6233 1.0941 1.1702 1.4439 0.9407 0.7057 0.8800 [z] 0.2635 1.0082
Winter rye [z] [z] 1.1376 0.4707 1.4379 [z] [z] 0.5736 [z] 1.8655 1.4049
Triticale [z] [z] 0.1452 0.1046 [z] [z] 0.2481 [z] [z] [z] 1.3233
Spring oilseed rape [z] [z] [z] [z] 0.3231 [z] [z] [z] [z] 0.1702 3.5580
Winter oilseed rape [z] 1.6606 1.0714 1.0559 1.2208 1.4192 0.8065 1.0900 0.4436 [z] 1.0100
Linseed [z] [z] [z] [z] [z] 0.1769 [z] [z] [z] [z] 27.1176
Seed potatoes 1.4472 2.5834 2.5774 0.7922 1.5202 [z] 2.7889 4.1568 2.2379 0.1042 1.0060
Ware potatoes 0.8982 3.9845 1.4291 1.5996 1.3284 0.6824 2.0464 1.5338 [z] [z] 1.0137
Dry harvest peas [z] 0.7144 0.1368 [z] [z] 0.5189 [z] [z] [z] [z] 2.0582
Field beans [z] 0.7500 [z] 0.9219 0.6610 0.5540 0.4000 0.9987 [z] 0.7578 1.0309

(1) H&I = Highlands & Islands, C&O = Caithness & Orkney, Abdn = Aberdeen, C. Low-lands = Central Lowlands, S. Uplands = Southern Uplands

Note: some shorthand is used in this table: [z] = not applicable.

Response rates

The table below summarises the number of holdings contacted during the survey.

Table 30 Response rate
  2022 Percentage total
Target sample 350 100
Total achieved 332 95
Total number of refusals/non-contact 174
Total number of farms approached 506

Financial burden to farmers

In order to minimise the burden on farmers the survey team used non-visit methods of collection such as email, post or telephone call, where possible.

To determine the total burden that the 2022 arable crop survey placed on those providing the information, the surveyors recorded the time that 310 respondents spent providing the data during the survey. This sample represents 93 per cent of growers surveyed. The median time taken to provide the information was 20 minutes.

The following formula was used to estimate the total cost of participating:

Burden (£) = No. surveyed x median time taken (hours) x typical hourly rate*

(* using median "Full Time Gross" hourly pay for Scotland of £16.69)(15)

The total financial burden to all growers resulting from participation in the 2022 arable crop survey was calculated to be £1,847.

Contact

Email: psu@sasa.gov.scot

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