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Table B3 Average opening and closing balance sheets by tenure and type of farm, 2004-05: owner- occupied farms

Type of farm

LFA: Specialist sheep

LFA: Specialist beef

LFA: Cattle and sheep

Lowground Cattle and Sheep

Cereals

General Cropping

Dairy

Mixed

Number of farms in sample

23

50

19

5

26

15

43

26

Assets

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Valuation

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

Opening

Closing

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

£/farm

Land and buildings etc (1)

260,836

263,366

275,089

294,429

275,342

290,875

"

"

860,166

863,937

739,861

742,934

457,278

500,476

554,354

579,367

Other fixed assets (2)

50,215

52,796

92,457

92,428

84,402

82,813

"

"

76,992

76,042

59,079

62,306

123,148

122,265

83,487

83,307

Current assets (3)

36,111

31,441

116,050

88,263

79,122

61,992

"

"

109,623

104,396

84,119

83,265

288,622

220,053

130,826

106,213

Total assets

347,162

347,604

483,597

475,120

438,866

435,681

"

"

1,046,780

1,044,375

883,059

888,505

869,047

842,794

768,668

768,888

Liabilities

Bank loans

1,114

460

19,117

18,924

22,832

31,585

"

"

23,807

25,758

77,648

73,411

32,441

32,377

28,705

31,999

Other long and medium term loans (4)

8,139

8,569

4,964

4,573

6,481

6,014

"

"

16,335

18,184

44,827

46,079

30,224

28,823

15,821

13,388

Bank overdraft

15,153

14,908

24,804

24,098

63,686

61,489

"

"

36,843

35,636

60,142

76,557

41,282

41,854

43,550

45,871

Other short term loans (5)

10,557

11,079

11,807

12,300

12,671

10,559

"

"

15,812

16,492

20,649

19,926

24,410

26,400

17,658

17,083

Total external liabilities

34,962

35,016

60,692

59,895

105,670

109,646

"

"

92,797

96,069

203,266

215,972

128,355

129,453

105,734

108,341

(of which total bank borrowing)

(16,267)

(15,368)

(43,921)

(43,022)

(86,518)

(93,074)

"

"

(60,650)

(61,394)

(137,790)

(149,968)

(73,722)

(74,230)

(72,255)

(77,870)

Net worth

312,200

312,588

422,904

415,225

333,196

326,035

"

"

953,983

948,305

679,793

672,533

740,692

713,341

662,933

660,547

Total external liabilities as a percentage of total assets

10

10

13

13

24

25

"

"

9

9

23

24

15

15

14

14

(1) Land and buildings, improvements and fixed equipment.

(2) Machinery, equipment and vehicles, and breeding livestock.

(3) Physical working assets such as trading livestock, harvested and growing crops, purchased stores and liquid assets such as sundry debtors.

(4) Loans by the Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation, insurance companies and building societies and also family loans.

(5) Outstanding capital debt for machinery and equipment being acquired under hire purchase or finance leasing arrangements, and also sundry creditors

and receipts in advance.

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