Agriculture Facts and Figures SEERAD 2006
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SCOTTISH AGRICULTURE IN 2005
| Non- LFA | LFA | Total |
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| Number of main and minor holdings | 16,019 | 35,117 | 51,136 |
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Agricultural land: | hectares | hectares | hectares |
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Wheat | 90,251 | 6,396 | 96,647 |
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Barley | 224,181 | 74,741 | 298,922 |
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Oats | 14,180 | 6,096 | 20,277 |
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Oilseed Rape | 34,079 | 1,702 | 35,780 |
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Potatoes | 26,359 | 1,893 | 28,252 |
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Other Crops | 31,629 | 26,799 | 58,427 |
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Set-aside | 55,033 | 15,107 | 70,140 |
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Fruit and Vegetables | 11,598 | 691 | 12,289 |
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Total Grass | 273,168 | 961,855 | 1,235,023 |
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Rough Grazing | 47,111 | 3,295,204 | 3,342,315 |
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Other Land | 58,033 | 260,589 | 318,621 |
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Total agricultural land | 865,621 | 4,651,073 | 5,516,694 |
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Livestock: | number | number | number |
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Dairy Cows | 67,427 | 131,579 | 199,006 |
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Beef Cows | 83,365 | 414,379 | 497,744 |
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Total Cattle and Calves | 529,239 | 1,450,775 | 1,980,014 |
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Breeding Ewes | 259,607 | 2,933,847 | 3,193,454 |
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Total Sheep and Lambs | 736,662 | 7,261,036 | 7,997,698 |
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Pigs | 399,149 | 71,523 | 470,672 |
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Poultry | 13,101,589 | 1,621,634 | 14,723,223 |
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Excludes common grazing
Page updated: Wednesday, June 07, 2006