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Scottish Agricultural Census Summary Sheets by Geographical Area: June 2003

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SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL CENSUS SUMMARY SHEETS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA: JUNE 2003

Potatoes
June Census 2003
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups and Scotland

Potatoes

Intended mainly for seed

Ware potatoes

Total potatoes

Intended for harvesting on or by 31 July

Intended for harvesting after 31 July

Total ware potatoes

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Shetland

*

*

11

1.35

161

40.47

170

41.82

*

*

Orkney

*

*

12

2.08

149

45.76

153

47.84

*

*

Eileanan an Iar

8

1.31

55

11.86

587

75.82

618

87.68

622

88.99

Highland

52

568.54

43

31.51

444

472.35

463

503.86

514

1,072.40

NE Scotland

322

4,166.22

34

200.00

371

1,617.09

389

1,817.09

696

5,983.31

Tayside

474

6,089.71

31

241.80

471

6,656.81

490

6,898.61

905

12,988.32

Fife

61

734.57

16

150.23

187

2,273.22

194

2,423.45

245

3,158.02

Lothian

17

189.63

7

56.58

101

1,697.08

104

1,753.66

116

1,943.29

Scottish Borders

33

460.89

6

43.54

103

1,497.03

107

1,540.57

132

2,001.46

East Central

*

*

*

*

15

36.36

*

*

18

43.16

Argyll & Bute

*

*

15

13.85

54

33.80

64

47.65

*

*

Clyde Valley

*

*

*

*

36

41.74

*

*

40

51.81

Ayrshire

7

25.47

24

261.10

34

231.26

50

492.36

50

517.83

Dumfries & Galloway

12

77.45

14

163.51

41

217.07

51

380.58

61

458.03

Scotland

999

12,344.84

274

1,181.81

2,754

14,935.86

2,907

16,117.67

3,792

28,462.51

Arable crops for stock feeding
June Census 2003
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups and Scotland

Turnips, swedes and fodder beet

Kale and cabbage

Rape

Other crops (1)

Total

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Shetland

94

43.32

75

9.98

31

31.41

58

47.07

200

131.78

Orkney

78

110.47

*

*

*

*

72

288.56

147

413.15

Eileanan an Iar

83

17.31

*

*

*

*

124

273.88

214

296.24

Highland

515

1,505.89

29

84.08

77

418.84

135

854.99

680

2,863.80

NE Scotland

939

3,798.78

78

198.83

51

278.47

165

1,521.51

1,117

5,797.59

Tayside

257

1,191.36

112

638.95

88

498.72

84

969.27

447

3,298.30

Fife

64

298.20

25

234.24

6

34.77

20

231.60

102

798.81

Lothian

48

282.20

10

47.94

25

201.25

25

340.23

88

871.62

Scottish Borders

167

1,089.80

94

610.29

98

754.52

89

933.59

346

3,388.20

East Central

23

52.11

9

38.59

12

65.94

20

244.05

57

400.69

Argyll & Bute

20

42.04

7

30.89

20

116.22

62

422.71

91

611.86

Clyde Valley

45

122.26

33

127.72

37

217.69

81

921.79

175

1,389.46

Ayrshire

36

135.39

6

22.65

8

60.53

61

584.21

103

802.78

Dumfries & Galloway

88

387.06

37

122.06

39

176.79

205

2,299.68

331

2,985.59

Scotland

2,457

9,076.19

530

2,179.36

500

2,861.18

1,201

9,933.14

4,098

24,049.87

(1) Other crops include lucerne.

Other crops
June Census 2003
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups and Scotland

Set-aside

Vegetables for human consumption

Soft and orchard fruit

Other crops

Bare fallow

Total tillage

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Shetland

*

*

75

13.75

*

*

19

13.80

33

118.59

361

399.95

Orkney

45

321.50

27

8.10

*

*

28

37.22

50

151.57

645

5,031.45

Eileanan an Iar

*

*

278

30.29

36

2.25

57

17.75

344

1,203.52

1,223

2,007.40

Highland

481

6,706.70

228

250.12

106

39.80

148

413.73

334

1,233.53

2,072

44,388.64

NE Scotland

2,434

32,127.22

203

1,244.48

64

71.87

166

976.57

432

1,546.06

4,200

201,047.73

Tayside

1,240

17,589.98

331

5,122.34

138

1,313.15

144

1,413.56

234

1,047.93

1,963

136,294.20

Fife

504

7,942.91

125

1,776.74

26

141.88

39

66.95

140

520.75

710

57,205.38

Lothian

410

7,083.96

57

689.03

17

29.54

63

428.55

93

397.35

655

52,784.19

Scottish Borders

591

11,944.34

82

1,259.08

17

14.83

69

500.67

64

238.43

950

80,449.67

East Central

196

2,541.66

10

24.54

9

12.88

22

69.68

34

161.56

377

14,414.61

Argyll & Bute

30

163.34

31

4.50

18

6.39

32

22.53

37

154.29

305

2,723.69

Clyde Valley

161

1,317.50

29

101.81

50

49.03

64

145.08

99

452.76

701

12,313.96

Ayrshire

125

1,005.97

29

42.80

*

*

42

336.30

53

510.91

536

11,134.08

Dumfries & Galloway

238

1,899.59

41

21.66

28

9.51

59

367.59

61

338.56

993

23,118.60

Scotland

6,491

90,718.70

1,546

10,589.25

520

1,692.78

952

4,809.97

2,008

8,075.79

15,691

643,313.54

Grassland
June Census 2003
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups and Scotland

Grass for mowing

Grass for grazing

Under 5 years old

5 years old and over

Under 5 years old

5 years old and over

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Shetland

492

1,179.49

798

1,761.17

528

1,197.91

1,331

18,878.40

Orkney

772

7,436.83

815

8,913.52

810

4,319.70

1,395

29,351.58

Eileanan an Iar

799

886.81

980

1,151.28

2,275

1,740.03

3,441

17,027.06

Highland

2,287

18,980.94

2,099

14,517.94

3,302

16,897.98

5,498

110,509.18

NE Scotland

3,228

41,078.15

1,986

16,313.60

4,320

48,141.16

5,458

87,579.51

Tayside

1,142

13,856.11

683

6,454.76

1,489

15,569.33

2,216

52,133.15

Fife

413

4,865.88

328

3,115.42

514

4,279.00

927

17,565.84

Lothian

365

4,706.18

339

3,381.82

511

5,397.02

965

24,084.64

Scottish Borders

679

12,059.80

677

12,105.13

1,073

18,147.21

1,800

73,430.11

East Central

378

5,071.64

410

6,122.68

518

3,420.62

1,059

30,474.76

Argyll & Bute

474

5,358.63

619

7,177.88

520

3,475.30

1,158

35,064.76

Clyde Valley

862

10,931.32

1,123

18,540.39

1,178

8,635.14

2,374

66,427.28

Ayrshire

790

9,853.71

1,211

22,797.29

1,056

7,654.96

2,249

73,675.52

Dumfries & Galloway

1,518

25,207.40

1,837

36,541.63

1,683

18,884.66

3,160

138,489.18

Scotland

14,199

161,472.89

13,905

158,894.51

19,777

157,760.04

33,031

774,690.96

Grassland (continued)
June Census 2003
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups and Scotland

Total grass for mowing

Total grass for grazing

Total grass

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Shetland

906

2,940.66

1,357

20,076.32

1,547

23,016.98

Orkney

946

16,350.35

1,413

33,671.28

1,521

50,021.63

Eileanan an Iar

1,090

2,038.09

3,494

18,767.09

3,847

20,805.17

Highland

2,900

33,498.88

5,811

127,407.16

6,673

160,906.04

NE Scotland

3,796

57,391.75

6,409

135,720.68

7,189

193,112.43

Tayside

1,387

20,310.88

2,494

67,702.47

2,829

88,013.35

Fife

533

7,981.30

1,007

21,844.84

1,135

29,826.14

Lothian

505

8,087.99

1,004

29,481.66

1,129

37,569.66

Scottish Borders

943

24,164.93

1,867

91,577.33

1,965

115,742.26

East Central

534

11,194.32

1,086

33,895.38

1,166

45,089.70

Argyll & Bute

736

12,536.51

1,187

38,540.05

1,340

51,076.56

Clyde Valley

1,287

29,471.71

2,447

75,062.42

2,616

104,534.13

Ayrshire

1,312

32,651.00

2,288

81,330.48

2,401

113,981.49

Dumfries & Galloway

2,129

61,749.03

3,263

157,373.83

3,470

219,122.86

Scotland

19,004

320,367.40

35,127

932,450.99

38,828

1,252,818.40

Glasshouses
June Census 2003
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups and Scotland

Walk-in plastic structures

Glass-clad structures

Total glasshouses

Holdings

Sq. metres

Holdings

Sq. metres

Holdings

Sq. metres

Shetland

*

*

*

*

*

*

Orkney

6

1,525

*

*

*

*

Eileanan an Iar

*

*

*

*

9

4,049

Highland

40

27,220

17

3,938

45

31,158

NE Scotland

38

26,381

23

12,893

47

39,274

Tayside

25

256,376

15

33,289

30

289,665

Fife

19

62,839

11

8,912

22

71,751

Lothian

17

56,261

13

24,093

25

80,354

Scottish Borders

10

13,918

5

655

13

14,573

East Central

11

6,601

9

4,975

14

11,576

Argyll & Bute

20

37,318

11

6,569

23

43,887

Clyde Valley

19

30,937

33

88,810

38

119,747

Ayrshire

16

31,417

16

30,268

20

61,685

Dumfries & Galloway

16

17,253

14

13,236

23

30,489

Scotland

247

570,917

173

231,019

320

801,936

Protected crops(1)
June Census 2003
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups and Scotland

Tomatoes

Other fruit

Vegetables

Bedding and pot plants

Hardy nursery stock

Holdings

Sq. metres

Holdings

Sq. metres

Holdings

Sq. metres

Holdings

Sq. metres

Holdings

Sq. metres

Shetland

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

0

0

Orkney

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

0

0

Eileanan an Iar

*

*

*

*

5

260

*

*

0

0

Highland

18

557

5

1,980

14

972

13

9,095

7

7,223

NE Scotland

14

1,769

7

899

12

3,960

15

10,272

12

10,667

Tayside

7

1,165

*

*

*

*

8

38,493

*

*

Fife

*

*

5

94,900

*

*

7

9,093

*

*

Lothian

*

*

0

0

*

*

8

28,754

5

19,245

Scottish Borders

5

70

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

East Central

*

*

*

*

0

0

7

3,275

*

*

Argyll & Bute

8

334

*

*

7

965

7

2,170

6

5,879

Clyde Valley

11

20,213

*

*

*

*

23

60,810

5

5,115

Ayrshire

6

6,680

*

*

*

*

9

9,379

*

*

Dumfries & Galloway

9

15,103

*

*

*

*

7

3,711

5

5,945

Scotland

92

47,394

38

248,035

61

15,144

113

176,102

59

100,083

(1) Protected crops data are included in Glasshouses. See page 12.

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