Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2005 Edition

Table B1 Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and net farm income by type of farm, 2002-03 and 2003-04

Type of farm		LFA:Specialistsheep		LFA:Specialistbeef		LFA:Cattle andsheep		LowgroundCattle andsheep
Number of farms in sample		49	44	120	114	68	61	9	9
Number of farms in sample		2002- 03	2003- 04	2002- 03	2003- 04	2002- 03	2003- 04	2002- 03	2003- 04
Average size of business ( SLR)		2.7	2.9	2.3	2.3	3.6	3.6	1.9	1.9
Average size of farm (hectares)		712	584	189	181	552	488	102	95
Number of ewes		591	709	200	186	611	615	121	156
Number of suckler cows		6	7	88	89	55	54	33	49
Number of other cattle		13	13	130	141	84	90	158	141
Average output £ per farm(1)
Crops: Cereals		154	148	3,324	4,103	2,761	3,521	8,249	6,561
Potatoes		0	0	-1	2	178	131	0	0
Other crops		176	390	1,207	1,224	1,015	927	1,527	791
Total crop output		330	539	4,530	5,328	3,954	4,578	9,775	7,353
Livestock:	Cattle	4,495	5,274	65,979	66,047	38,313	41,015	52,405	54,144
	(of which subsidies)	(1,923)	(2,236)	(25,688)	(25,049)	(15,266)	(15,555)	(21,037)	(22,304)
	Sheep	32,522	35,778	15,663	16,269	37,497	40,297	16,343	15,113
	(of which subsidies)	(11,771)	(12,366)	(4,166)	(4,205)	(12,854)	(13,421)	(2,023)	(3,217)
	Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Poultry	-5	-4	0	0	160	105	0	0
	Milk	0	0	5	0	3,046	3,290	0	0
	Other livestock	41	44	-2	41	13	-2	0	13
Total livestock output(2)		37,053	41,092	81,645	82,357	79,028	84,705	68,747	69,269
Miscellaneous		3,285	4,369	5,175	4,136	3,400	4,629	2,387	1,994
Other grants and Subsidies:(3)		10,308	9,646	11,448	10,399	13,569	14,926	2,470	3,202
(of which LFASS)		(6,225)	(6,511)	(8,861)	(8,014)	(9,987)	(9,674)	(1,795)	(2,942)
Total average output		50,977	55,645	102,797	102,220	99,951	108,838	83,380	81,818
Average inputs - £ per farm
Feed		6,640	7,377	14,358	14,427	17,170	17,626	13,468	14,868
(of which home-produced)		(84)	(91)	(1,875)	(1,806)	(1,386)	(1,428)	(3,239)	(3,083)
Seed		107	107	804	811	705	1,021	1,236	837
(of which home-grown)		(0)	(0)	(25)	(29)	(25)	(31)	(364)	(115)
Labour		6,663	6,824	9,426	8,985	14,497	13,864	3,384	2,661
Fertilisers		1,415	1,605	6,034	6,226	4,875	4,861	6,241	5,383
Machinery (excl depreciation)		5,244	5,686	10,885	10,610	10,372	10,078	8,947	8,989
Miscellaneous		4,570	4,916	6,813	7,045	6,542	7,124	4,688	4,790
Land and building costs		7,186	8,298	14,655	14,591	14,244	14,966	11,548	11,770
Machinery depreciation(4)		5,005	5,073	9,591	9,384	7,929	8,560	6,948	5,982
Other livestock expenses		5,023	5,623	8,130	7,864	8,573	8,838	6,432	7,042
Other crop expenses		269	241	1,367	1,418	1,051	989	1,112	957
Total average inputs		42,122	45,751	82,063	81,360	85,957	87,925	64,004	63,278
Average net farm income(2)		8,855	9,894	20,735	20,860	13,994	20,912	19,376	18,539
Breeding livestock appreciation		2,118	2,048	517	1,698	1,167	2,391	316	1,608
Total valuation change (incl. BLSA)		1,418	3,897	5,362	5,033	3,244	8,160	13,472	6,332

(1) Including the value of home-grown non-fodder crops used on the farm for feed or seed, and of milk from the dairy cows fed to stock.
(2) Excluding breeding livestock appreciation ( BLSA).
(3) Excluding cattle and sheep subsidies, which are in the appropriate output.
(4) On a replacement cost basis.

Table B1 Average cropping and stocking, output, inputs, and net farm income by type of farm, 2002-03 and 2003-04 (continued)

Type of farm	Cereals		General cropping		Dairy		Mixed
Number of farms in sample	50	45	46	41	67	63	69	67
Number of farms in sample	2002- 03	2003- 04	2002- 03	2003- 04	2002- 03	2003- 04	2002- 03	2003- 04
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.6	1.6	2.7	2.6	3.8	3.6	2.6	2.5
Average size of farm (hectares)	152	162	94	91	134	123	190	191
Number of Ewes	24	24	48	47	85	64	162	147
Number of suckler cows	4	4	17	16	112	107	51	53
Number of other cattle	31	35	46	45	175	173	128	133
Average output £ per farm(1)
Crops: Cereals	62,224	85,401	53,957	68,000	4,435	6,081	29,914	35,430
Potatoes	1,856	1,897	37,966	40,786	0	91	1,188	504
Other crops	19,099	22,428	26,471	31,446	2,128	3,145	6,565	8,430
Total crop output	83,179	109,726	118,393	140,233	6,563	9,317	37,667	44,364
Livestock: Cattle	10,983	13,127	18,246	22,172	41,044	42,321	53,521	60,656
(of which subsidies)	(5,468)	(6,592)	(7,017)	(7,171)	(7,754)	(7,350)	(21,320)	(23,388)
Sheep	2,495	2,417	4,448	4,224	6,612	5,802	14,199	14,484
(of which subsidies)	(393)	(383)	(711)	(681)	(1,676)	(1,333)	(3,092)	(3,030)
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry	0	0	87	97	182	180	0	0
Milk	409	96	0	0	119,920	127,642	3,636	3,620
Other livestock	3	0	11	1	1	18	80	181
Total livestock output(2)	13,890	15,640	22,792	26,493	167,758	175,963	71,436	78,941
Miscellaneous	8,813	8,476	15,138	18,268	4,683	4,384	6,583	5,822
Other grants and Subsidies:(3)	479	1,038	1,241	1,350	2,550	2,096	5,086	6,465
(of which LFASS)	(97)	(119)	(208)	(345)	(1,643)	(1,408)	(3,944)	(3,843)
Total average output	106,361	134,879	157,565	186,344	181,554	191,759	120,772	135,592
Average inputs - £ per farm
Feed	3,147	3,648	5,610	6,903	49,994	47,526	16,050	17,919
(of which home-produced)	(1,351)	(1,290)	(1,833)	(1,845)	(2,807)	(3,037)	(5,354)	(5,736)
Seed	4,673	5,519	9,038	8,375	1,196	1,319	3,300	3,267
(of which home-grown)	(719)	(970)	(3,430)	(3,699)	(39)	(19)	(437)	(415)
Labour	11,280	13,526	24,692	23,265	26,046	24,979	15,073	14,017
Fertilisers	10,604	11,438	10,208	11,623	9,563	9,560	8,707	9,122
Machinery (excl depreciation)	17,303	19,038	26,516	26,274	19,090	18,862	15,496	15,881
Miscellaneous	8,174	9,159	9,891	11,908	9,418	10,042	8,787	9,584
Land and building costs	23,171	23,735	29,188	28,872	27,052	25,991	18,821	19,439
Machinery depreciation(4)	15,418	17,033	20,640	18,829	13,080	12,838	12,679	13,055
Other livestock expenses	1,788	1,953	2,320	2,608	15,038	14,917	7,822	7,876
Other crop expenses	10,318	12,560	20,826	20,116	2,045	2,218	4,887	5,142
Total average inputs	105,877	117,608	158,929	158,773	172,521	168,252	111,622	115,302
Average net farm income(2)	484	17,271	-1,364	27,571	8,762	23,507	9,150	20,290
Breeding livestock appreciation	65	138	237.3	210.3	4780.2	2373.5	795.5	972.6
Total valuation change (incl. BLSA)	757	6,558	-3,064.1	9,194.4	4,974.2	8,150.2	3,643.4	8,430.6

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