Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2006 Edition

Table C3 Number of holdings with crops and grass and area of crops and grass on main and minor holdings by region, June 2005

		North West	North East	South East	South West	Scotland
Crops, fallow and set-aside:		holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings	holdings
Wheat		134	597	1,753	302	2,786
Triticale		5	29	28	33	95
Barley:	Winter	152	870	926	428	2,376
	Spring	1,218	2,909	2,718	1,551	8,396
	Total	1,245	3,082	2,945	1,688	8,960
Oats (including mixed grain)		586	440	502	223	1,751
Rape for oilseed and linseed		108	531	765	48	1,452
Potatoes		1,347	620	1,389	216	3,572
Peas and beans for combining		18	19	250	26	313
Lupins		19	21	37	19	96
Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding		693	842	457	212	2,204
Other crops for stockfeeding		572	332	624	638	2,166
Vegetables for human consumption		628	235	578	133	1,574
Orchard and soft fruit		157	78	180	104	519
Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock		56	56	81	51	244
All other crops		370	333	503	315	1,521
Fallow		855	709	840	333	2,737
Set-aside		559	2,312	2,655	823	6,349
Total crops, fallow and set-aside		4,272	4,127	4,176	2,902	15,477
Grass and rough grazing:
Grass for mowing		5,733	3,808	3,393	5,807	18,741
Grass for grazing		12,020	6,364	6,415	10,123	34,922
Sole right grazing		10,506	2,790	2,775	5,481	21,552
Common grazing		1,006	*	*	68	1,084
Crops, fallow and set-aside:		hectares	hectares	hectares	hectares	hectares
Wheat		3,603	13,920	73,557	5,566	96,647
Triticale		27	299	448	376	1,151
Barley: Winter		1,621	23,171	21,146	6,243	52,181
Spring		23,426	91,583	103,419	28,313	246,741
Total		25,047	114,754	124,564	34,556	298,922
Oats (including mixed grain)		3,562	4,966	9,958	2,238	20,723
Rape for oilseed and linseed		2,244	14,046	18,789	1,119	36,198
Potatoes		1,206	5,545	20,433	1,068	28,252
Peas and beans for combining		165	285	4,096	302	4,848
Lupins		121	232	312	114	779
Turnips, swedes and beet for stockfeeding		1,494	3,378	2,297	803	7,971
Other crops for stockfeeding		1,985	2,555	5,990	6,131	16,661
Vegetables for human consumption		317	1,409	8,668	174	10,568
Orchard and soft fruit		42	81	1,524	74	1,721
Bulbs, flowers and nursery stock		25	399	508	55	986
All other crops		1,070	1,663	3,526	674	6,933
Fallow		4,704	4,965	7,309	2,242	19,220
Set-aside		5,060	23,978	35,179	5,923	70,140
Total crops, fallow and set-aside		50,647	192,077	316,651	61,359	620,734
Grass and rough grazing:
Grass for mowing		52,952	58,757	61,633	143,797	317,139
Grass for grazing		175,968	140,749	218,013	383,153	917,883
Sole right grazing		1,678,240	228,323	571,016	864,736	3,342,315
Common grazing		581,427	*	*	10,371	598,472

* data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings.

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