Agriculture Facts and Figures SEERAD 2006

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SCOTTISH AGRICULTURE IN 2005

Non- LFA

LFA

Total

Number of main and minor holdings

16,019

35,117

51,136

Agricultural land:

hectares

hectares

hectares

Wheat

90,251

6,396

96,647

Barley

224,181

74,741

298,922

Oats

14,180

6,096

20,277

Oilseed Rape

34,079

1,702

35,780

Potatoes

26,359

1,893

28,252

Other Crops

31,629

26,799

58,427

Set-aside

55,033

15,107

70,140

Fruit and Vegetables

11,598

691

12,289

Total Grass

273,168

961,855

1,235,023

Rough Grazing

47,111

3,295,204

3,342,315

Other Land

58,033

260,589

318,621

Total agricultural land

865,621

4,651,073

5,516,694

Livestock:

number

number

number

Dairy Cows

67,427

131,579

199,006

Beef Cows

83,365

414,379

497,744

Total Cattle and Calves

529,239

1,450,775

1,980,014

Breeding Ewes

259,607

2,933,847

3,193,454

Total Sheep and Lambs

736,662

7,261,036

7,997,698

Pigs

399,149

71,523

470,672

Poultry

13,101,589

1,621,634

14,723,223

Excludes common grazing

Page updated: Wednesday, June 07, 2006