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Table C2 Agricultural area on main and minor holdings, June 2004

LFA(1)

Non- LFA

Total

HIE(2)

Number of holdings

32,545

18,216

50,761

23,512

Crops, fallow and set-aside:

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

Wheat

7,596

94,133

101,729

6,043

Triticale

543

740

1,284

261

Barley: Winter

9,252

47,538

56,790

3,942

Spring

71,846

187,820

259,665

41,021

Total

81,098

235,357

316,455

44,963

Oats (including mixed grain)

7,535

14,816

22,351

5,338

Rape for oilseed

2,812

36,586

39,398

3,008

Linseed

309

329

638

151

Potatoes

2,264

27,150

29,413

2,260

Peas for combining

223

1,361

1,584

189

Beans for combining

260

2,542

2,802

31

Lupins

172

519

691

211

Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding

4,716

4,097

8,813

2,461

Other crops for stockfeeding (3)

11,352

4,405

15,757

3,320

Fruit

99

1,641

1,739

60

Vegetables (excluding potatoes)

517

10,161

10,678

684

Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock

86

887

973

29

All other crops

1,861

2,965

4,826

1,235

Fallow

4,122

4,397

8,519

3,368

Set-aside

18,994

56,644

75,638

11,574

Total crops, fallow and set-aside

144,558

498,731

643,288

85,186

Grass under 5 years:

For mowing

109,363

55,555

164,918

42,434

For grazing

100,189

57,079

157,268

36,402

Total grass under 5 years

209,552

112,634

322,186

78,836

Grass 5 years and over:

For mowing

127,724

29,443

157,167

36,383

For grazing

598,327

147,018

745,345

203,908

Total grass 5 years and over

726,051

176,461

902,512

240,291

Total crops, fallow, set-aside and grass

1,080,160

787,826

1,867,986

404,313

Rough grazing:

Sole right grazing

3,253,759

75,728

3,329,487

2,103,224

Common grazing

599,051

0

599,051

598,510

Total rough grazing

3,852,810

75,728

3,928,538

2,701,734

Total crops, fallow, set-aside, grass and rough grazing

4,932,970

863,554

5,796,524

3,106,047

Woodland

195,853

43,102

238,955

127,488

Other land

56,886

23,791

80,677

35,632

Total agricultural area

5,185,710

930,447

6,116,157

3,269,167

(1) A holding is classified as LFA if 50% or more of its land is assessed as being disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged for subsidy purposes.
(2) The Highland and Islands Enterprise area covers an area north and west of the Firth of Clyde. From 2001 HIE area includes the whole of Moray.
(3) Includes maize.

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