Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2005 Edition

Table B12 Net farm income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2003-04

	Specialist Cereals			General Cropping
	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All
Number of farms	12	12	45	11	11	41
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.37	1.78	1.64	2.11	2.94	2.58
Average size of farm (hectares)	140	186	162	107	146	152
Area of cereals (hectares)	77	128	101	48	75	81
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	15	17	13	0	6	6
Number of ewes	48	14	23	63	37	47
Number of suckler cows	0	3	4	2	23	16
Number of dairy cows	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of other cattle	29	16	35	23	58	45
OUTPUT
Cereals	60,527	117,090	85,401	33,107	67,578	68,000
Potatoes	0	2,697	1,897	4,636	36,355	40,786
Oilseed Rape	10,200	15,253	10,005	0	4,420	5,092
Other crops	10,851	18,120	12,423	11,605	39,917	26,354
Total Crops	81,579	153,160	109,725	49,348	148,269	140,233
(of which subsidies)	(26,043)	(39,697)	(30,750)	(13,974)	(21,477)	(23,645)
Cattle	9,972	7,013	13,127	4,872	32,699	22,172
(of which subsidies)	(5,044)	(3,167)	(6,592)	(1,548)	(9,223)	(7,171)
Sheep	3,935	1,756	2,417	4,255	7,319	4,224
(of which subsidies)	(765)	(181)	(382)	(939)	(496)	681
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	0	251	0	97
Milk	268	0	96	0	0	0
Other livestock	0	0	0	0	8	1
Total livestock	14,176	8,768	15,640	9,377	40,026	26,493
Miscellaneous	9,149	7,356	8,476	12,861	60,715	18,268
Other grants & subsidies	285	1,254	1,038	362	1,184	1,350
(of which LFASS)	(0)	(175)	(119)	(143)	(422)	(345)
Total Output	105,188	170,538	134,878	71,948	250,195	186,344
INPUTS
Feed	2,576	1,537	3,648	5,243	15,921	6,903
(of which home produced)	(845)	(780)	(1,290)	(1,566)	(1,964)	(1,845)
Other livestock expenses	2,261	895	1,953	1,339	4,849	2,608
Seeds	4,414	8,803	5,519	2,578	6,991	8,375
(of which home grown)	(737)	(1,921)	(970)	(18)	(1,855)	(3,699)
Fertilisers	10,016	14,181	11,438	4,367	11,737	11,623
Other crop expenses	8,168	17,067	12,560	3,601	22,802	20,116
Labour	17,309	11,512	13,525	7,026	29,998	23,265
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	15,633	19,904	19,038	12,994	37,445	26,274
Machinery depreciation	16,697	20,870	17,033	15,147	26,595	18,829
Land & building costs	24,085	25,355	23,735	18,102	27,142	28,872
Miscellaneous	9,631	9,506	9,159	7,961	13,305	11,908
Total Inputs	110,789	129,629	117,608	78,358	196,785	158,773
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)⁽¹⁾	-5601	40,910	17,271	-6410	53,410	27,571
BLSA	482	70	138	48	286	210
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	-5119	40,980	17,408	--6363	53,696	27,781
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	905	20,416	6,558	1,408	8,989	9,194
Net Cash Income	31,958	55,846	42,740	19,353	84,233	52,681

(1) BLSA: Breeding livestock appreciation.

Table B12 Net farm income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2003-04 (continued)

	Dairy			LFA: Special Sheep
	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All
Number of farms	16	16	63	11	11	44
Average size of business ( SLR)	3.75	4.05	3.63	2.60	5.49	2.92
Average size of farm (hectares)	120	139	123	405	497	584
Area of cereals (hectares)	8	14	9	1	0	0
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	67	39	64	620	670	709
Number of suckler cows	9	3	5	4	14	7
Number of dairy cows	109	123	107	0	0	0
Number of other cattle	182	193	168	16	16	13
OUTPUT
Cereals	5,659	8,760	6,081	364	0	148
Potatoes	83	0	91	0	0	0
Oilseed Rape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other crops	1,329	4,607	3,145	551	160	390
Total Crops	7,071	13,368	9,317	915	160	539
(of which subsidies)	(2,561)	(3,842)	(2,988)	(156)	(0)	(95)
Cattle	39,797	57,853	42,321	5,005	9,373	5,274
(of which subsidies)	(6,639)	(9,269)	(7,350)	(2,080)	(3,599)	(,236)
Sheep	5,580	4,273	5,802	37,683	35,393	35,778
(of which subsidies)	(1,195)	(1,098)	(1,333)	(12,233)	(14,788)	(12,366)
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	1,079	0	180	-11	-10	-4
Milk	123,307	167,472	127,642	0	0	0
Other livestock	61	-1	18	-61	26	44
Total livestock	169,824	229,596	175,963	42,617	44,782	41,092
Miscellaneous	3,919	6,540	4,383	9,240	1,729	4,368
Other grants & subsidies	1,339	3,093	2,096	7,904	16,786	9,646
(of which LFASS)	(803)	(2,728)	(1,408)	(5,775)	(9,683)	(6,511)
Total Output	182,154	252,598	191,759	60,677	63,457	55,645
INPUTS
Feed	55,822	53,522	47,526	8,948	5,211	7,377
(of which home produced)	(3,887)	(4,735)	(3,037)	(224)	(0)	(91)
Other livestock expenses	14,944	16,806	14,917	6,430	4,709	5,623
Seeds	1,307	1,563	1,319	67	73	107
(of which home grown)	(0)	(21)	(19)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Fertilisers	9,975	11,361	9,560	2,317	1,259	1,605
Other crop expenses	2,104	2,900	2,218	208	211	241
Labour	35,951	26,530	24,979	16,923	3,511	6,824
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	19,964	20,833	18,862	8,187	4,098	5,686
Machinery depreciation	12,780	17,336	12,838	5,390	6,162	5,073
Land & building costs	24,363	28,658	25,991	9,202	8,388	8,298
Miscellaneous	11,424	10,441	10,042	5,688	4,983	4,916
Total Inputs	188,634	189,950	168,252	63,359	38,606	45,751
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)⁽¹⁾	-6,480	62,647	23,507	-2683	24,851	9,894
BLSA	3506	2,056	2,374	1963.09	2,184	2,048
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	-2975	64,704	25,881	-720	27,035	11,943
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	3,366	11,315	8,150	4,379	3,830	3,897
Net Cash Income	37,190	93,205	56,053	17,516	34,630	20,333

(1) BLSA: Breeding livestock appreciation.

Table B12 Net farm income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2003-04 (continued)

	LFA: Specialist Beef			LFA: Cattle and Sheep
	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All
Number of farms	29	29	114	16	16	61
Average size of business ( SLR)	1.96	2.61	2.29	3.31	4.62	3.56
Average size of farm (hectares)	107	253	181	545	677	488
Area of cereals (hectares)	3	7	7	3	4	6
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number of ewes	153	231	186	491	851	615
Number of suckler cows	86	90	88	34	70	54
Number of dairy cows	0	0	0	12	0	3
Number of other cattle	115	162	141	111	89	87
OUTPUT
Cereals	1,648	3,874	4,103	1,897	2,582	3,521
Potatoes	5	0	2	0	0	131
Oilseed Rape	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other crops	-116	1,363	1,224	1,788	16	927
Total Crops	1,536	5,238	5,328	3,685	2,598	4,578
(of which subsidies)	(692)	(1,636)	(1,627)	(830)	(1,074)	(1,484)
Cattle	52,437	73,432	66,047	29,891	54,471	41,015
(of which subsidies)	(18,212)	(28,265)	(25,049)	(10,564)	(21,159)	(15,555)
Sheep	16,481	18,937	16,269	30,301	57,533	40,297
(of which subsidies)	(3,667)	(5,186)	(4,205)	(10,656)	(18,888)	(13,421)
Pigs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	0	0	0	-84	7	105
Milk	0	0	0	14,289	0	3,290
Other livestock	84	13	41	13	-64.87	-1.46
Total livestock	69,002	92,382	82,357	74,410	111,947	84,705
Miscellaneous	3,471	10,214	4,136	5,140	3,141	4,629
Other grants & subsidies	6,176	15,163	10,399	9,127	20,854	14,926
(of which LFASS)	(5,794)	(9,187)	(8,014)	(7,040)	(14,414)	(9,674)
Total Output	80,185	122,997	102,220	92,362	138,540	108,838
INPUTS
Feed	16,700	11,300	14,427	21,664	18,000	17,626
(of which home produced)	(633)	(1,991)	(1,806)	(756)	(1,337)	(1,428)
Other livestock expenses	7,735	7,885	7,864	8,718	10,693	8,838
Seeds	419	853	811	744	806	1,021
(of which home grown)	(23)	(12)	(29)	(0)	(0)	(31)
Fertilisers	5,178	6,305	6,226	4,022	5,105	4,861
Other crop expenses	1,024	3,479	1,418	731	998	989
Labour	11,007	7,054	8,985	19,931	12,750	13,864
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	10,095	10,627	10,610	10,233	10,915	10,078
Machinery depreciation	9,764	9,932	9,384	6,831	9,221	8,560
Land & building costs	14,221	15,616	14,591	16,196	15,647	14,966
Miscellaneous	7,628	7,213	7,045	7,509	6,390	7,124
Total Inputs	83,771	80,264	81,360	96,578	90,524	87,925
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)⁽¹⁾	-3587	42,733	20,860	-4216	48,016	20,912
BLSA	1,561	1,458	1,698	3,124	2,521	2,391
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	-2025	44,191	22,558	-1092	50,537	23,303
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	-8230	3,518	5,032	6,929	18,856	8,160
Net Cash Income	27,815	58,510	35,726	15,113	46,123	33,709

(1) BLSA: Breeding livestock appreciation.

Table B12 Net farm income, outputs and inputs performance bands by quartile: 2003-04 (continued)

	Lowground Cattle and Sheep			Mixed
	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All	Lower 25%	Upper 25%	All
Number of farms	3	3	9	17	17	67
Average size of business ( SLR)	"	"	1.91	2.00	2.76	2.53
Average size of farm (hectares)	"	"	95	104	205	191
Area of cereals (hectares)	"	"	11	32	61	51
Area of oilseed rape (hectares)	"	"	0	0	2	2
Number of ewes	"	"	156	67	163	147
Number of suckler cows	"	"	49	20	67	53
Number of dairy cows	"	"	0	11	4	3
Number of other cattle	"	"	141	88	142	129
OUTPUT
Cereals	"	"	6,561.1	19,032.9	42,523.2	35,429.7
Potatoes	"	"	0.0	143.1	314.0	504.1
Oilseed Rape	"	"	0.0	0.0	1,117.3	1,307.7
Other crops	"	"	791.4	6,638.6	14,239.7	7,122.5
Total Crops	"	"	7,352.5	25,814.6	58,194.2	44,363.9
(of which subsidies)	"	"	(2,849)	(8,481)	(18,686)	(14,745)
Cattle	"	"	54,144	30,011	76,171	60,656
(of which subsidies)	"	"	(22,304)	(12,613)	(29,028)	(23,388)
Sheep	"	"	15,113	6,560	15,290	14,484
(of which subsidies)	"	"	(3,217)	(1,334)	(3,295)	(3,030)
Pigs	"	"	0	0	0	0
Poultry & eggs	"	"	0	1	0	0
Milk	"	"	0	10,414	4,229	3,620
Other livestock	"	"	13	112	3	181
Total livestock	"	"	69,269	47,097	95,693	78,941
Miscellaneous	"	"	1,994	3,974	7,608	5,821
Other grants & subsidies	"	"	3,202	1,531	10,638	6,465
(of which LFASS)	"	"	(2,941)	(1,209)	(4,939)	(3,843)
Total Output	"	"	81,818	78,417	172,133	135,592
INPUTS
Feed	"	"	14,868	10,868	20,533	17,919
(of which home produced)	"	"	(3,083)	(3,914)	(5,931)	(5,736)
Other livestock expenses	"	"	7,042	5,780	8,842	7,876
Seeds	"	"	837	2,475	4,506	3,267
(of which home grown)	"	"	(115)	(88)	(562)	(415)
Fertilisers	"	"	5,383	6,200	10,427	9,122
Other crop expenses	"	"	957	2,891	6,840	5,142
Labour	"	"	2,661	9,263	12,990	14,017
Machinery (excl. depreciation)	"	"	8,989	12,655	17,061	15,881
Machinery depreciation	"	"	5,982	11,956	13,558	13,055
Land & building costs	"	"	11,770	15,905	20,778	19,439
Miscellaneous	"	"	4,790	8,522	10,802	9,584
Total Inputs	"	"	63,278	86,514	126,335	115,302
NET FARM INCOME (excl. BLSA)⁽¹⁾	"	"	18,538	-8097	45,798	20,290
BLSA	"	"	1,608	765	724	973
Net farm income (inc. BLSA)	"	"	20,147	-7333	46,521	21,263
Total Valuation Change (inc. BLSA)	"	"	6,332	5,551	13,315	8,431
Net Cash Income	"	"	27,092	6,964	54,839	34,205

(1) BLSA: Breeding livestock appreciation.

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